**URGENT HELP ME SAVE THIS LITTLE GUY**

[Beheader]

Hi everyone,

I'm new to this forum and I have never taken care of a praying mantis before. I have reptiles at home and I was recently thinking about purchasing a tarantula/centipede/scorpion.

Well today I came accross this little guy..



I think I might have stepped on him or maybe he was already like that but anyway his guts are hanging out.. (you might have to open the picture in a new tab to see better ((double right click on pic)))





Is there anything I can do to save him?

Also do you guys have any tips to help me care for this little creature. I will do some research but any advice would be really appreciated.

Thank you

 

[hibiscusmile]

Sorry, best to put it in freezer, are u sure it is from him? I could not tell from the pic.

 

[brancsikia339]

There's no way to save him. He is fatally injured. Once the abdomen is pierced they are dead

 

[angelofdeathzz]

You think you may have stepped on him??? hmmm....

 

[hibiscusmile]

yea, I can see how it can happen, just outside walking along and all of a sudden! :taz: Also if this is your first time, become a forum supporter and get free babies and some flies from me, you will enjoy them.

 

[agent A]

that's a female peeps! cant u see the eggs stickin out of her?

 

[patrickfraser]

Dinner time! :chef: Just feed it off to a reptile. My chameleons love them.

 

[agent A]

Dinner time! :chef: Just feed it off to a reptile. My chameleons love them.

or amphib

moaper loves mismolted creos :devil:

 

[Beheader]

So their is absolutely no way I can save this guy?

@hibiscusmile I'm interested in purchasing a mantis but.. do you ship to Canada ?

If not, does anyone know where I can purchase one in Canada and what species would you suggest? I'm looking for a big species 3''-4'' with nice colors/paterns/shapes.

Thx guyz.

 

[patrickfraser]

or amphib

moaper loves mismolted creos :devil:

Why the need to abbreviate? 3 more letters and it would be complete. You already typed 6 letters, geesh. :lol:

 

[Mime454]

So their is absolutely no way I can save this guy?

@hibiscusmile I'm interested in purchasing a mantis but.. do you ship to Canada ?

If not, does anyone know where I can purchase one in Canada and what species would you suggest? I'm looking for a big species 3''-4'' with nice colors/paterns/shapes.

Thx guyz.

Sounds like you want Hierodula or a dead leaf mantis. Dead leaves are cognitively impaired in my experience, so they're not recommended by me!

 

[Crazy4mantis]

Once I found a mantis that some jerk stepped on. his eyes were completely black and guts were hanging out, but he was still feebly walking in circles. So sad...

 

[agent A]

Once I found a mantis that some jerk stepped on. his eyes were completely black and guts were hanging out, but he was still feebly walking in circles. So sad...

i've seen some that get runover by bikes

who is careless enough to hit a huge insect crossing a bike trail? it's rediculous

 

[Crazy4mantis]

The girls get so freaked out by mantids that they either run away or crush them. :lol: I have had to intervene many times.

 

[Crazy4mantis]

But now, people are getting smarter: whenever they find a mantis they run to me. :lol:

 

[agent A]

The girls get so freaked out by mantids that they either run away or crush them. :lol: I have had to intervene many times.

i cant get girls to do either

i'll have them walk up to me at lunch show me a pic of a clearly adult male tenodera they found on their phone and i'll be like "if u find him again catch him for me" cause i have a lonely female

 

[Extrememantid]

So their is absolutely no way I can save this guy?

@hibiscusmile I'm interested in purchasing a mantis but.. do you ship to Canada ?

If not, does anyone know where I can purchase one in Canada and what species would you suggest? I'm looking for a big species 3''-4'' with nice colors/paterns/shapes.

Thx guyz.

Not in my experience... She'll ship ooths but not mantids... Where in canada are u? Maybe we live close!?

 

[hibiscusmile]

yea, we have a few members here in ca, so u guys, help out our new buddy!

 

[SilentDeviL]

LoL ... Canada is a dangerous place to have Mantis..... lol ...