Red liquid?

[Melophile]

Came home to a mysterious red liquid in my Chinese mantis's enclosure. It's on the lid of the enclosure as well, and with the way gravity works, I can rule out that it's not poop. The only other explanation is vomit.

I inspected my mantis and looks to be doing perfectly fine.

 

[mantisman 230]

Yeah, normal vomit, probably overate and had to get the excess out

 

[Sticky]

I've seen it too. Nobody died when I did so maybe its nothing to worry about.

 

[LAME]

Indeed, I've ran across this once before as well... Nobody ever fell ill or died, but id still keep a keen eye anyways.

 

[Zielo]

Im glad I saw this because my mantis did the exact same thing and I was looking for the answer as to why. I did not know mantises vomited lol. She was big before I left for work, when I came back her thorax was a lot thinner and then I saw the reddish-brown liquid. Now she is eating like a horse lol.

 

[Sticky]

How old is she? Is she an adult?

 

[mantisman 230]

Yeah, ate a bit too much, I would give the lid a cleaning though