thistle mantis sick?

[D.J.]

my thistle has started acting weard and seemed to have fallen what can i do is this a mismolt or somthing else?

 

[massaman]

could be anything if it fallen and has stopped moving it could be dead!

 

[D.J.]

he is still moving but dissorented

 

[D.J.]

i think he is molting? can anyone give me some advise?!

 

[hibiscusmile]

If he is he needs to hang, try my method, get some spider webbing and stick his feet back feet to it and help him hang.

 

[D.J.]

If he is he needs to hang, try my method, get some spider webbing and stick his feet back feet to it and help him hang.

got him hanging and he is moving a little mostly his abdomen

 

[D.J.]

he is scraching his head

 

[happy1892]

got him hanging and he is moving a little mostly his abdomen

That is what my Indonesian Double Shield Mantids do before they molt.

 

[hibiscusmile]

k, now wait and see.

 

[D.J.]

k, now wait and see.

It passed away lastnight : (

 

[massaman]

prob was hungry maybe

 

[D.J.]

prob was hungry maybe

fedd him earlyer that day and he looked nice and full

 

[lancaster1313]

So sorry to read that.

Sometimes mantids die of unknown causes. I have had a couple that were fine one minute and then just get weak and die quickly.

Don't let it discourage you. Do you have other mantids?

 

[CoolMantid]

So sorry to read that.

Sometimes mantids die of unknown causes. I have had a couple that were fine one minute and then just get weak and die quickly.

Don't let it discourage you. Do you have other mantids?

Yah. Dont get upset over a death of one. I think of it as an empty cage that needs to be filled with another mantis!

 

[D.J.]

So sorry to read that.

Sometimes mantids die of unknown causes. I have had a couple that were fine one minute and then just get weak and die quickly.

Don't let it discourage you. Do you have other mantids?

my bugs- I have a ###### load of creos, 3 popa spruca, 1 thistle, 2 ghost, 3 antlions, 8 pink wing mantids, and some velvet worms on the way

 

[D.J.]

thanks for the kind words guys

 

[D.J.]

Yah. Dont get upset over a death of one. I think of it as an empty cage that needs to be filled with another mantis!

I think the same way lol, and how is the orchid mantis? might get an ooth from someone

 

[CoolMantid]

My orchid?

She is fine, if you saw my mantis photoshoot post she devoured a moth 2 times the size of her! i need a male, but

i think someone has it and will give it to me soon!

i need more feeder food so i am going mothing later tonight!

(Mothing-Shining a bright light onto a white wall that is soaked with my sugars solution in hopes of finding moth species!)

 

[D.J.]

My orchid?

She is fine, if you saw my mantis photoshoot post she devoured a moth 2 times the size of her! i need a male, but

i think someone has it and will give it to me soon!

i need more feeder food so i am going mothing later tonight!

(Mothing-Shining a bright light onto a white wall that is soaked with my sugars solution in hopes of finding moth species!)

lol i do the same thing with flys for my mantids :lol: