Why do they molt close to the ground?

[padkison]

It's toast and has been fed off

 

[Rick]

Kinda like this dummy who decided to molt on the side of the container. He will live but I don't think he's gonna do well. While trying to remove the skin from his front legs the front part of them came off with the skin.

 

[robo mantis]

lol

 

[randyardvark]

i had a couple of h.mems that did that, moulted up the side of the container, i i hand fed and later became the mother of my 1st generation, the second managed to fold himeself in half and became lunch...

 

[Rick]

My guy is still alive this morning but he is bent pretty badly. Still pretty fiesty and he may live if I hand feed him but I don't think I'm gonna do that.

 

[randyardvark]

yeah at the time i only had 4 mantids...realisticly i wouldnt do it now unless it was one of my only pAIR OR SOMETHING VALUEBLE *sighs* dam capslock

 

[Ben.M]

Maybe they do it close to the ground because they know that they will hav a grip once they hav shed :roll:

Just a guess

 

[Way.Of.The.Mantis]

My guy is still alive this morning but he is bent pretty badly. Still pretty fiesty and he may live if I hand feed him but I don't think I'm gonna do that.

Passive euthanasia for mantids?!