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agent A

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hey all, got a phyllovates pair on friday and the tips of the female's wings have become brown

she seems a bit weaker and i was wondering if it is possible for a mantis to have infected wings?

thanx :)

 
could be, they are part of the body, if I were you, I would clip the bad parts away, I have done it before, may not make a diff, but it wont hurt the mantis

 
here are some pics of the infection

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she clearly doesnt look so good

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she doesnt try to right herself :(

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She is also very very thin.
OK well i got her on FRIDAY and she molted to adult at the beginning of the week!!! i am NOT neglecting my mantis she ate several flies and a butterfly friday and yesterday ate 2 flies i have a nauphoeta in her cage but she wont eat it and she isnt eating today :mad:

 
OK well i got her on FRIDAY and she molted to adult at the beginning of the week!!! i am NOT neglecting my mantis she ate several flies and a butterfly friday and yesterday ate 2 flies i have a nauphoeta in her cage but she wont eat it and she isnt eating today :mad:
I'm not blaming you! Mine died in a similar way. I hope she pulls through.
 
RIP, sometimes mantis don't ship well. changing environments, temps and even the altitude difference plus other variables can put the mantis in a type of slow shock.

 
I had to freeze her

The roach bit open her abdomen and the flies sucked her guts out :(

I thought they liked it dry since they came from texas :(
I'm sorry to hear that you had to freeze her. As adults, I see mine drink more than any other adult species. I try to give them a good drink now and then. I wish we had chatted more about their care.
 
I'm sorry to hear that you had to freeze her. As adults, I see mine drink more than any other adult species. I try to give them a good drink now and then. I wish we had chatted more about their care.
Lately I think everything has been going crazy

All the Luna females r gone and attracted no males and I didn't get any eggs (1 is sterile)

Neither cecropia attracted males yet

I feel bad since like 7 members wanted these from me (with 4 females I expected at least 1 to lay eggs)

Most of the relig hatchlings r dead

But I think the air conditioner is to blame partially

I got her Friday and the humidity in my Insectorium wuz 80% (it had been all month thank god my blephs were ok lol)

Then Saturday my mom kicks the ac on and it drops to 50%

And I haven't slept yet the only reason I am here is cause I had to retrieve the moths, and the sun is rising

The lesson is make sure u know how to care for something before u get it, no matter how much u think u know abt it

Nobody ever said in any topic "phyllovates r very thirsty", and typically before getting anything (especially from yen lol) I ask all these rediculous questions

But it's better to question than assume (even if peeps get annoyed with it, better than not knowing and risking it)

Well, that's all folks, going to sleep for a few hours :)

 

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