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[Woodbox]

My mantids have been leveling up to L5. This morning, I found 3 had. Sadly, one of them was motionless at the bottom of her cage in a crumpled lifeless mass intertwined with the shed. I picked the container to get a closer look and she sprang to life, freaked out and ran up the nearest stick. She looks fine. How often do they die after falling. Did I dodge a bullet? She is in a hard jar so there was no give upon landing.

 

[hibiscusmile]

possibly she saw u come into room and she was playing dead, but one never knows

 

[revmdn]

Good to hear that she's moving.

 

[Rick]

They don't die when falling during a molt, but instead they just become deformed which will lead to death without help.

 

[Chief Tom]

I've heard of this happening many times.

 

[Woodbox]

They don't die when falling during a molt, but instead they just become deformed which will lead to death without help.

Thats where I was going with it. I assumed falling during shed = deformed

 

[Ntsees]

I like how you used the term "level up" . Anyways, the only reason that I can think of is that the branch or whatever they were holding on while molting may not have enough grip.