URGENT!!!Mantis is crippled after molt

[smittys]

" quick and painless down the toilet? HAHA youve got to be kidding. seriously, you think that just because you cant see it any more means its dead? they can survive without oxygen for a while. freezing is definitely quicker and far less stressful. plus it wont plug up your toilet."

Are you talking Mantis or fish?

 

[Rick]

I used to freeze but now all are eaten by my reptiles. My uromastyx won't touch most insects but he loves mantids. One time a small male flew down into his tank and was gobbled up in a split second. It was an orchid male too.

 

[smittys]

It's quick and hopefully painless. Can you post a pic of one? They usally sell chinese ooths for the science projects and such. I just don't ever recall seeing a chinese that was is a grayish color.

By looking at some pics on line it looks like a Ground Mantis (Litaneutria minor). I'm trying to post pics but I have a mental block when it comes to computers.

These are pics (not good ones sorry) of my guy a few days before he died mid molt.

http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq219/h...ys/100_2322.jpg

http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq219/h...ys/100_2321.jpg

 

[spicey]

By looking at some pics on line it looks like a Ground Mantis (Litaneutria minor). I'm trying to post pics but I have a mental block when it comes to computers.These are pics (not good ones sorry) of my guy a few days before he died mid molt.

http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq219/h...ys/100_2322.jpg

http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq219/h...ys/100_2321.jpg

Aw, cute little bugger it was. I'm guessing probably Chinese though as they are very common from those kit suppliers. Being that it was still quite a young nymph, it's hard to tell for sure what kind. I had a mix up with some ooths earlier this summer and I'm still waiting on some of the babies to grow big enough to sort out which is which.

 

[superfreak]

i was talking about mantids. The fish would take a long time to die too though.