:lol: I see now, I thought the ridges on the abdomen were part of the mantis wingTa dar
mantids only mate when they are adult, this one does not have wings yet so it is not adult.The female mantis will not always eat a male.I found another one, this one's smaller and has all of it's legs. My parents think the other one is a male because it's leg was missing and they think the female eats the male. So they think this must be the female since it was near the other one. Is it ok to put it in with the other one?
Dont put them together, they will kill one another.Is it ok to put it in with the other one?
They definately eat their own brothers and sisters...usually not when first born but certainly after a couple moults.If they make oothecas and they hatch, would the baby's attack/eat eachother? Or would they know that they were family and get along?
Then it should be fine. It will either detach when the mantis deficates, when the mantis chews it off, or when the mantis moults again. In my experience it's more common to have a leg or two stuck in the cast off skin and that impairs the insects' mobility and hunting ability.I just went away for about an hour or two and came back and the skin is in the same place. It's almost all the way off, it's just at the end of the abdomen. Is there any way I could help it? Like misting it or gently pulling it off?
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