How to help an overfed mantis?

[Owldoggo]

Long story short, I told my mom about mantids being used as pest control and she decided it was a wonderful idea to catch every fly in the house instead of killing them and throwing them into my mantids’ enclosures. Needless to say, I came back to two very chubby mantids! And I heard it can be pretty bad for them to be overfed, so I wanted to know if I could do anything to help them out. 

 

[MantisGirl13]

They should be fine. It sounds like you have a great mom! My mom just calls me to get the flies, she doesn't catch them herself!

- MantisGirl13 

 

[Introvertebrate]

I don’t think you can over feed a mantis.  Tarantulas, yes.

 

[hysteresis]

I don’t think you can over feed a mantis.  Tarantulas, yes.

You can. Some species just dont know when to stop: Rhombodera, hierodula, Deroplatys