Moulting Safety

[Serle]

One of my L5 Tenoderas (Chinese mantis) moulted last eve. , he must have fallen from the top of the enclosure . This morn all I found was the dried exoskeleton and the rear legs .  There were several Darkling Beetles (mature meal worms) left in the substrate that devoured the helpless moultee.  I have seen legs missing but never a complete L6 mantid .... a shocking lesson.....  S

 

[Kermit]

Ugh

 

[Sticky]

Oh terrible!

 

[Ocelotbren]

That is awful, sorry to hear you had to wake up to that!