CashPants
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Bruce (male sphodromantis) arrived on September 17th and has molted THREE times already. I thought there was more time between molts? He molted again last night and is now at L5.
Mantis molting really fast
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Mime454
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CashPants
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Oh I hope not 
He is eating very well an except the day before he molts he is pretty active. He loves watching tv, which is really funny to see, and he has this weird habit of walking right up to a bottle or glass of water and just staring at it for 20min at a time.
He is eating very well an except the day before he molts he is pretty active. He loves watching tv, which is really funny to see, and he has this weird habit of walking right up to a bottle or glass of water and just staring at it for 20min at a time.
Lol maybe his reflectionOh I hope not
He is eating very well an except the day before he molts he is pretty active. He loves watching tv, which is really funny to see, and he has this weird habit of walking right up to a bottle or glass of water and just staring at it for 20min at a time.
Golden State Vivs
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What would cause them to molt so often? Also why would they die after molting so often?
MandellaMandy123
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I wouldn't worry. He's probably just really healthy and growing fast
angelofdeathzz
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If conditions are right some species can molt to adult rather quickly, given that the same batch of nymphs from the same ooth that someone else raised could take twice as long to mature, I've seen this many times with ones I've kept compared to ones I sold to others from the same ooth, mine were adult weeks ahead of theirs 4 out of 5 times, I'm not bragging just trying to shed some light on the topic. My best guess is your doing everything how they want it!
And BTW they say mantis shouldn't watch more than 7 hours of TV a week, it can make them prone to chunky butts. :stuart:
And BTW they say mantis shouldn't watch more than 7 hours of TV a week, it can make them prone to chunky butts. :stuart:
CashPants
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He is currently staring at a jar of honey. Vain little man.
As long as it's not a sign that I'm doing something wrong then I'm more than happy for him to grow like a weed.
And we try not to let him watch anything too violent or sexual. He is very young and impressionable.
As long as it's not a sign that I'm doing something wrong then I'm more than happy for him to grow like a weed.
And we try not to let him watch anything too violent or sexual. He is very young and impressionable.
