Just thought I would post this, during feeding this last week, I had 3 different mantis molt and all three found on the bottom of the container. They looked totatly dead, no hope, throw them away. Well I have a little heavy vase on my feeding table for a sick mantis to sit and eat while I work, and since it died I havent used it, I took each one of these fallen mantis, which looked like it was just starting to molt, and was very straight, sorry did not stop to take pic, and place it's feet on this vases flowers where it would hang or stick on, and within 15 to 20 minutes when i saw something moving out of the side of my eyes,it was them, each one I placed there, molted and was moving around on the plant. So thinking the mantis hit the dirt and there is no hope is not necessary so. There is hope if you catch them in time. Just thought it was worth writing about, ps, one was a macrops nymph, and two were asians. 
