I read somewhere that black liquid in an enclosure means certain death. I think it was on a website. Searching the forum turned up nothing when searching for black liquid.
I recently fed this mantid a superworm. I fed it another last night after I saw the black liquid. Anybody seen this before?
If you want your mantis to survive, take it out of it's enclosure and put it on a house plant or somewhere the air flow is good. Give it some water, and do not feed it for like three or four days. This should fix the problem. Good luck!
Doesn't mean instant death. I've had that happen many times, though not to that extent. Clean and disenfect the cage and take a look at what you're feeding and where it came from.
Yea so there is a ton more liquid black gross stuff. Im sure its from the mantis. Not sure which end but that's it for my superworm as food experiment. I fed her one more (the day before these pics and none of my others) to make sure. None of the other mantids I fed did this. I read the posts about them being a touchy food as far difficulty for mantis to grasp but but I have 6 mantids total. I just cut them in half and passed them out.
Thanks for the posts. Ill clean her cage and update you on condition changes.