I live in central Illinois and have been absolutely in love with insects my entire life. Unfortunately I have never been able to have any as a house hold friend, until now. Last sumumer I found a rather large mantis at my workplace I could have sworn from antenna tip to back leg it was 9 inches long. I could not keep it but this year I found another one just a bit smaller and decided it needed to come home with me since my new apartment is pretty bare. From what I know it almost has to be a Chinese since that is the most common in my area. From what I have read from Peters care sheet is that it is an adult female. I have tried my best to keep her diet as wide as possible but due to the incredible drought we are having it is as if most insects have disappeared the only thing I can find on a regular basis is spiders and very powdery moths neither of which I want to offer her. She has been in my care for about 5 days in that time she has eaten quite a bit of what I have found. However I know I am to the point where I need help cause I have tons of questions, and she just did something tonight when she was offered food that suggests she might be in bad health. She dropped her meal only about 5 bites in and it was covered in vomit I think. I really don't want to lose her already. I have probably a dozen questions and I really don't want to create a forum topic for each so if any body wants to answer them for me Please pm me or email me at [email protected]
