Rhombodera Adult Female Wing Issue

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Grapple_Apple

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I have been waiting on this lady to molt to adulhood for some time now, but there seems to have been an issue with the last part of her transformation. Her "top right" wing seems to have had a blood vessel burst when extending the wings, and she now has this bubble like object weighing her wing down. Any ideas as how this could have happened? Has anyone experienced this before?

My main concern is this is caused from inbreeding, and would cause issues in future generations. I'm guessing that's probably not the case though. My idea now is to wait for her to be a bit older, and remove the wing with some surgical scissors since they are somewhat  of a nuisance on her, regardless if she is going to breed or not. 

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My idea now is to wait for her to be a bit older, and remove the wing with some surgical scissors since they are somewhat  of a nuisance on her, regardless if she is going to breed or not. 
I've trimmed one or both wings, depending on the degree of deformity, with no issues. I trim off as little as necessary and stay as far away from the area where the wing meets the body as possible. The wings are dry with no nerve endings, so it'll hurt you more than the mantis. 😁

 
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I've trimmed one or both wings, depending on the degree of deformity, with no issues. I trim off as little as necessary and stay as far away from the area where the wing meets the body as possible. The wings are dry with no nerve endings, so it'll hurt you more than the mantis. 😁
Yeah I thought as much, right now I'm playing Mantis M.D. and doing surgery on a small cat eye who's legs were deformed from molting in shipping. Had to use scissors, talcum powder, and a whole lotta willpower to get the ends of those legs off. Hopefully now he molts and starts to regrow them!

Once this big lady is a little less squishy, I'm going to take off the part of the wing, she is clearly uncomfortable with it so it sucks to see it, but at least she'll be able to be relatively normal

 
How many legs did your cat eye lose? I think legs are a whole different ballgame. 
The two rear legs, it'll be tricky but if the molts goes well, she'll be able to recover. They were badly bent, and I was worried they would get stuck in the molt since they were misshapen. Right now she's using her raptorials and middle pair, so if she can molt with just the middle pair it'll be a success. Hoping it goes well

 
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