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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ellroy" data-source="post: 14568" data-attributes="member: 159">Doesn't sound like a disease to me.  Mantids can spit brown stuff out when they feel threatened which seems to tie in with what you are describing Pauline.  Locusts do it too when handled.....I think its supposed to be bad tasting to deter predators.  With the brown vomitting disease the mantids just spew up the brown stuff at random, personally I doubt its that.  Perhaps you could try altering your setup so the mantis doesn't feel as threatened when you spray it?Hope it works out ok,Alan</blockquote>