HELP mantis is dying!

[imderanged]

Sorry for poor grammer/spelling, trying to put this up a quickly as possible. i found my adult chinese mantis dying on the floor of his cage...not moving much, legs folded under him,gave him drops of water, drops of honey he DOES take them... ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO???

 

[ismart]

Sadly there really is nothing else you can do. Sounds like he is dying of old age. Chinese males start to die off in the wild right about now, well if they don't get eaten first!

 

[imderanged]

This is my first time raising mantises. how long do chinese typically live after their last molt?

 

[ismart]

It really all depends on the mantis. I have had some that would die now, and others live till the new year? Females generally live longer than males. I have never seem a wild chinese male live past the middle of October. Well at least around here.

 

[agent A]

ive seen males last only like 6 weeks or so, the females are the long livers

sorry to hear about your loss

 

[imderanged]

Well, I'm sad, but I guess it's just nature taking it's course. I'm not sure of his exact age but I have a video I took of him eating and he was already adult for probably about a week if I remember correctly and the date on it is Aug. 30. I feel a LITTLE bit better thinking it wasn't something I did wrong.

 

[gripen]

it is very unfortunate but at this time of year there life comes to an end naturally. there was nothing you could have done

 

[GreenOasis]

Males typically last 6-8 weeks, females 4-6 months. (Chinese, that is!)

 

[volto]

I registered here to post a question about my dying mantis as well, I suppose it's the same situation. I had no idea they had such short lives.

Farewell friend

 

[minard734]

Sometimes they don't live long, sometimes they do. Just keep trying man.