head turns completley black

[idolomantis]

right... mantis whole head and neck turned black and can not move anymore.. she also has black dots on her body.. i,ll get pics...

What is happening????

edit: oh and if some1 make a stupid joke... R.I.P.

i dont hope i have to say that to my mantis

 

[sk8erkho]

Almost sounds like a bacterial or fungus infection. My mantid just died of the same type of thing two days ago. It was other wise healthy and then I found him face down barely able to move. When I picked him up he could not move his head and it was sort of bent downward. He also had the same discolouration on his thorax. He was truly dying so I had to put him down. Weirdest thing ever besides my Orchid female suddleny shaking violently then dropping dead. :blink:

 

[Rob Byatt]

Almost certainly an infection - bacterial or fungal, I don't have a clue which

What species was it and what was it last fed on ?

 

[macro junkie]

i know what it is..inbreeding.. :lol: sorry i couldn't resist

 

[idolomantis]

i know what it is..inbreeding.. :lol: sorry i couldn't resist

i know where you live.......................

 

[OGIGA]

i know what it is..inbreeding.. :lol: sorry i couldn't resist

HAhaha :lol: :lol:

 

[idolomantis]

oooohhhh you guys are only funning up here <_<

 

[idolomantis]

had to put down...... its freezing now

 

[Rob Byatt]

Almost certainly an infection - bacterial or fungal, I don't have a clue which What species was it and what was it last fed on ?

???

 

[idolomantis]

???

oh uhm Hmembranacea adult female... blind...last fed on cricket(regular, male and 1.8cm)

 

[Mantida]

Fungal infections are caused by high humidity and no proper ventilation. What's the humidity level in there?

Sorry for your loss...

 

[asdsdf]

80%? 0.0 I think that's a little high.......

 

[macro junkie]

80%? 0.0 I think that's a little high.......

who said 80%?

 

[asdsdf]

I remeber in another thread, someone asked if his mismoults could be because of lack of humidity. He siad it was 80%. I think.... :mellow:

 

[Sparky]

I don't get why people freeze them. I had a mantis with a fungus infection, it even grew little white fur on itself. All I did is give it a lot on ventilation, rest and relaxation then it went away in like 4 days.

 

[idolomantis]

I don't get why people freeze them. I had a mantis with a fungus infection, it even grew little white fur on itself. All I did is give it a lot on ventilation, rest and relaxation then it went away in like 4 days.

OH sh** :mellow:

 

[Rob Byatt]

I don't get why people freeze them. I had a mantis with a fungus infection, it even grew little white fur on itself. All I did is give it a lot on ventilation, rest and relaxation then it went away in like 4 days.

It's not quite that simple

 

[Moosashi]

I just read that some African species can turn entirely black after a molt in the wild if there has recently been a wildfire in the area. They molt to black and blend in with the charred landscape. However, if your mantis can't move or whatever, something must be wrong.

 

[idolomantis]

I just read that some African species can turn entirely black after a molt in the wild if there has recently been a wildfire in the area. They molt to black and blend in with the charred landscape. However, if your mantis can't move or whatever, something must be wrong.

i looked at the dead body.. the head was scrinked and rotten like a plant :blink: