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MingMing

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I was checking on the mantis and spraying them some water when I found pitufina dead!!! Here are some pics... it looks totally bizarre, her eyes are black, her claws and upper torso are green, the legs look average green/brown BUT the belly is like... mmm God I dont even know how to explain, it has a hole on the right side and it seems like she had diarrea before dying... 4 tiny pieces of -im guessing poo- are next to where she was hanging dead but the surroundings of the poo look kinda waterish... here are some pics.... anyone knows what might had happen to her???

How I found her:

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Looks like she might have dried out or starved.

 
Sometimes little nymphs just die. You didn't think every one of them was going to live did you?

 
That sort of thing happens to me sometimes. You have a healthy nymph, L4 or L5, and it dies for no reason. I call it SUNDS (Sudden Unexpected Nymphal Death Syndrome). If her health declined for 2-3 days before death, I call it SEUNDS (Sudden Expected Unexplained Nymphal Death Syndrome).

 
I was checking on the mantis and spraying them some water when I found pitufina dead!!! Here are some pics... it looks totally bizarre, her eyes are black, her claws and upper torso are green, the legs look average green/brown BUT the belly is like... mmm God I dont even know how to explain, it has a hole on the right side and it seems like she had diarrea before dying... 4 tiny pieces of -im guessing poo- are next to where she was hanging dead but the surroundings of the poo look kinda waterish... here are some pics.... anyone knows what might had happen to her???How I found her:

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what instar was she in? Did she just molt? Was she eating? Was she listless?

 
She was an L5, her last molt was 3 days ago, they all eat crickets :p

And no Rick, ofcourse I wasnt expecting the 140 nymphs I got at the very begining to survive, but when I only got left 40% of the ones that hatched - Im not saying I am- Im just saying I MIGHT be doing something wrong.

 

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