Fluid from female mantis butt

[Mantis Lady]

ugh, Is she dying too??

 

[Predatorhousepet]

I hope not! Keep the sick ones separate. I wish I could be more help figuring out what's wrong ?

 

[Mantis Lady]

I am devatstated: Found Cochise on her back this morning, with sticky green stuff, separrated her too., Hunter,Bob, Diego ate the grasshoppers too, I am so worried I am loosing them too...

 

[Predatorhousepet]

Oh no, that's terrible. I'm so sorry. I know the feeling of finding your favorite mantis sick and there's nothing you can do to help her. This sickness hitting so many of your mantises at once it has to be the grasshoppers, the heat or something else in their environment.

I recently heard a story about someone's entire insect collection all getting sick at the same time, some dying. Turns out there was a huge explosion in the mosquito population and the city came to drain the creek and sprayed their subdivision with insecticide because they were worried about the zika virus spreading. 

 

[MantisGirl13]

No!!! Not Cochise!!!!!!! Oh I am so sorry, @Little Mantis! Feed Hunter, Bob and Diego honey water and isolate them from the sick mantids. 

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

Cochise isn't doing well she has the same symptomes as Ney.. I am going to loose her too... I am thinking to let them go...

They (Cochise and Ney) are separated from  the others with the grasshoppers. For now no mantis found laying on their back. But I keep on mind I can loose more of the big  ones because they ate all grasshoppers. If it is not the heat from last days causing this...

I never knew I would loose 3 mantids in  short period and Cochise is one of them.... i miss her already not seeing her around hanging on my desk...???

 

[MantisGirl13]

I am so so sorry! 

- MantisGirl 13