Black on eye?

[Crazy4mantis]

I sometimes get black eyes right before they die of old age. other than that the most i've gotten is a brown smudge. I found a wild female with a completely exploded eye and black "tar" all over the head.

 

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My guy has been living with a black eye an a half. He was doing better before the molt. Now he is not eating. I force feed him. Itt seems that once a mantid has somekind of injury, it never completely heals. That is my experience anyway.

 

[cdcrocks]

My T. sinesis with black spots on their eyes lose it when they molt a few times, if they survive. They're weaker than their normal siblings.
My S. carolinas often would molt badly because of it, but one of them is now a healthy adult.

 

[mantisboxer]

a lot of my t sinensis have had this problem and are perfectly fine it usually happens when they have damaged their eye like one of my females has one each eye and she is very healthy or it could be the lighting