Look at it, especially at the end, she is shaking and having some spasms. It's a sphodromantis lineola. Is it normal ? And when she moves she seems to be trying to find a place to put her legs but she shakes while doing it...
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Look at it, especially at the end, she is shaking and having some spasms. It's a sphodromantis lineola. Is it normal ? And when she moves she seems to be trying to find a place to put her legs but she shakes while doing it...
Sarah K
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Looks pretty normal to me.
Digger
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About as normal as normal gets 
Krissim Klaw
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Yep normal . . . well as normal as a mantis can be. =p
Her movements are a bit jerkier than usual because glass is slick and it isn't as easy to get a solid footing. Outside of that she is merely trying to figure out what sorcery is preventing her from crawling to you.
Her movements are a bit jerkier than usual because glass is slick and it isn't as easy to get a solid footing. Outside of that she is merely trying to figure out what sorcery is preventing her from crawling to you.
she is a lot on the glass because there is no "wall" in her cage. Maybe i should add a background but i really dont like the exoterra one
Then use some sticks/dowels, strips of screen mesh or shelf-liner (from bottom to top), or similar. A glass container is not-recommended for various reasons, but without a good gripable material to reach the top mantids can run into problems with falls which leads to even more serious problems.
