What To Do When Your Mantid falls during a molt.

[blackwidow89]

I'm gonna have to try that too. with the mealworm halves

 

[MantidBro]

For the legs, are you taping the real legs, or the exoskeleton legs that has been molted.

Not the new legs, the old legs, the "exoskeleton legs". (the word for the shed skin once it's off the mantid's body is 'exuvia'.)

 

[MantidBro]

my biggest chinese fell yesterday during a molt...whole thing was outta the exoskeleton except for back legs...i taped the exoskeleton up and she got out of it but now her legs are all deformed her front right foot keeps getting caught on her head and it's depressing

I've dealt with that issue with nymphs before. The skin dried before the rest of the body was out of the exuvia so the legs harden in a deformed shape. If she's still able to hang upside down properly this issue should be rectified with her next molt.