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Just recently had my mantis molt to L7 (i believe) and her wings are kind of furled. It's been 2 days and she has not been able to close her wings, they seem bent and not able to close. is this life threatening? she is eating flies fine but is kind of clumsy since her last molt, any advice as...

Probably L3-4 not exactly sure but yes still a baby to me. Thanks for the help I will closely monitor him till he molts and see what happens from there

Not too sure what to do, he randomly started acting funny (moved slowly) and I inspected him closer and saw that one of his legs was shorter than the other. I am hand feeding him but he doesn't move as much, also sometimes falls off his stick when hes trying to move. Any way to help him heal or...

ive been ripping the heads of crickets and feeding them that. its usually a clean pull but i do not know what i am doing, should i be giving them the head and guts or the main body? I feel like the body has a lot of meat but the head always pulls out some stringy goey stuff.  I have noted the...

As stated in the title, got a couple european mantids that i believe some are in L3 and some L4, how much should I be feeding them per day(s)? Also, I am still starting a fruitfly culture so they are really eating microworms exclusively till i can get these things to breed. Any help is...

Very nice! Please do keep me updated That sounds great! I'm now even more eager to receive my first mantis(es) here in Canada

Hello! Looking for Canadian breeders / people shipping to Canada.  Mainly interested in Nymphs Thanks! Brandon

Good read, thanks for the share!

Thanks for the info bren, still looking for Canadian breeders / International shippers but I feel shipping costs will be very high if I go the latter

Hello mantidforums,  I'm really new to this and wanted to explore this hobby. I have many pets including a bearded dragon, dog and a canary. Been doing some research and set up a small terrarium for when I find a seller. A couple quick questions just for some "expertise clarification" 1. Are...