Lol my Giant Asian Shield mantis Molted the Day before Shipping it

[Mantis Man13]

Tracy is sending me a giant asian shield mantis and it was L4 and now it is L5 as of an hour ago. It was supposed to be shipped tomorrow so this is good as I wouldn’t want it to molt during the trip! Have any of you heard of a mantis molting during delivery and surviving?

 

[MrGhostMantis]

I have several times. I once got 5 giant asian mantids and all molted on the trip.

 

[Mantis Man13]

Wait so how are mantises able to molt with all the bumps happening on the road when it is in the truck?

 

[MrGhostMantis]

Sometimes they do it in the facilities. The trucks are pretty sturdy too.

 

[MantisGirl13]

I've had mantids molt in shipping as well, but it's always safer to make sure that you aren't shipping a mantis that's about to molt!

- MantisGirl13 

 

[Lono]

had an idolmantis molt during shipping recently. Most of the time during shipping the packages wont really be moving, sitting in a truck or on plane there's a lot of down time for a safe molt.