Help! Black growth on my Arizona Mantis abdomen

TheGambler808 · Sep 24, 2009

Dear all,

I need some help. There is this black lumpy stuff growing on the abdomen of my arizona mantis. I don know what it is. I think its a fungal infection. Please take a look at the picture i have taken.

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3633/p9230716.jpg

Thanks!

~Pyro

ABbuggin · Sep 24, 2009

Hard to say what it could be, but if I were to take a guess, I would say she "split open" a little and the guts have come out a bit.

ismart · Sep 24, 2009

ABbuggin said:
Hard to say what it could be, but if I were to take a guess, I would say she "split open" a little and the guts have come out a bit.

+1

It seems like guts have scabed over.

TheGambler808 · Sep 24, 2009

ABbuggin said:
Hard to say what it could be, but if I were to take a guess, I would say she "split open" a little and the guts have come out a bit.

I think it may be pieces of its gut. Thanks for your help guyz!

I think i'll let it rest and fast for a few days.

~Pyro

Ntsees · Sep 24, 2009

2 thoughts: either your mantid was injured (I don't know how it could be injured in that location because the wings protect it but I guess it's possible) or it's the cause of a parasite that's about to come out. Keep us updated.