Hi guys,
I had a Sphodromantis Lineola for a couple of months now. But a couple of minutes ago, I froze my mantis.
The mantis tried to molt, but he didn't molt on the tall branch but on a leaf on the bottom of my enclosure. Because of this my mantis couldn't hang. When I woke up the mantis scared the sh*t out of me..Because he didn't molt on the top of my enclosure, the mantis was completely destroyed...I think this is pretty weird because my mantis already molted like 5 times and all those times the mantis hanged on the tall branch in the top of the enclosure and not on a leaf...
My question is: Is it normal that a mantis sometimes chooses the wrong spot to molt on? There is a branch in my enclosure but instead the mantis has chosen a leaf on the ground to molt on...
here are some pics:
It looked pretty scary because the mantis is still alive on those pictures. I've put the mantis in the freezer now because it couldn't walk at all and because his large arms were also bent by the failed molt...He was also eating himself and blood came out of his mouth.
It reminded me of the Alien movie. This was my first mantis and I really liked it. I'll have to buy a new mantis soon, though ;P
Regards,
Blowfishy
I had a Sphodromantis Lineola for a couple of months now. But a couple of minutes ago, I froze my mantis.
The mantis tried to molt, but he didn't molt on the tall branch but on a leaf on the bottom of my enclosure. Because of this my mantis couldn't hang. When I woke up the mantis scared the sh*t out of me..Because he didn't molt on the top of my enclosure, the mantis was completely destroyed...I think this is pretty weird because my mantis already molted like 5 times and all those times the mantis hanged on the tall branch in the top of the enclosure and not on a leaf...
My question is: Is it normal that a mantis sometimes chooses the wrong spot to molt on? There is a branch in my enclosure but instead the mantis has chosen a leaf on the ground to molt on...
here are some pics:
It looked pretty scary because the mantis is still alive on those pictures. I've put the mantis in the freezer now because it couldn't walk at all and because his large arms were also bent by the failed molt...He was also eating himself and blood came out of his mouth.
It reminded me of the Alien movie. This was my first mantis and I really liked it. I'll have to buy a new mantis soon, though ;P
Regards,
Blowfishy