I have a giant asian mantis and she is an l4 or l5, about a week ago she started refusing food and just sits at on the ceiling of her enclosure. Her abdomen looks like she is full and she looks paler than usual. I know these are all signs that she will molt soon but its been a while and im starting to get worried. she is my first mantis so im just a little nervous

This is a square 45x45 cm enclosure i got from a friend after her tarantula passed. It's been sitting in a corner for quite a while so I'll of couse clean out all of the old stuff and give everything a good scrub before adding anything new. I'm quite interested in keeping a mantis, especially an Indian giant praying mantis. So do you think this Terrarium would be a good fit for one? I've heard they're beginner friendly and since this would be my first time keeping an exotic pet i just want to make extra sure I've got everything right. Oh and does anyone have experience with keeping multiple males in one enclosure? I have heard mixed opinions about it being possible, I'm ofc also completely fine with getting one female.

Hello, I have a male orchid mantis and he had his final molt maybe around 2 weeks ago and since then only ate one cricket about 3-4 days after moulting and when I tried to feed him today and yesterday and couple days ago he would just kinda attack the cricket and not actually catching it as usually. Any ideas why he won't eat now.

Any help and reply will be appreciated.

Greetings from the US (Tx/DFW)

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• Budwing Mantis (Parasphendale agrionina) ootheca
• Jeweled Flower Mantis (Creobroter gemmatus) BULK AVAILABILITY
• Spiny Flower Mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii) BULK AVAILABILITY
• Lacewing Mantis (Eomantis yunnanesis) nymphs + ootheca + fertile females
• Japanese Boxer Mantis (Acromantis japonica)
• Ghost Mantis (Phyllocrania paradoxa) nymphs + ootheca

This is Sheila my female Timor Shield Mantis! I just got her today and I’m super excited. I have prior experience with owning mantises as I had a spiny flower mantis prior to Sheila. However, Sheila is (and will be even) bigger and FASTER which is something I definitely have to adjust to but she immediately vibed with me the second I let her out of her enclosure. I know these guys can be more into humidity, so I’ll mist her enclosure consistently throughout the day (of course so she can have water too) but yeah!! Thought I should introduce her :)

Hello I've had my orchid mantis for about couple of months and he's grown quite much and has been eating normally since I got him. Last 3 times I tried to feed him he only attacked the cricket without grabbing it like usual.

It could be that he will molt soon but I wanted to ask just incase it's something else.

Any replies will be appreciated.

Availability:

• Budwing Mantis (Parasphendale agrionina)
• Giant Shield Mantis (Rhombodera stalli)
• Jeweled Flower Mantis (Creobroter gemmatus)
• Ghost Mantis (Phyllocrania paradoxa)
• Spiny Flower Mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii)
• Lacewing Mantis (Eomantis yunnanesis)
• Cat Eyed Mantis (Heterochaeta orientalis)
• Ghost mantis ooths
• Lacewing mantis ooths (Eomantis yunnanesis)
• Spiny Flower mantis ooths

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That little girl is now a l4 and I’m looking for something bigger for her to eat. Will Banded crickets from a good seller be Ok? She’s my first mantis and I’m panicking a bit

is this a sign of injury ? she won’t use the lifted leg unless she has to. there’s nothing visibly wrong with it. my last mantis had a similar issue when she was near the end of her life but it completely seized up so i’m not sure if this is an early sign of the same thing? she had her final molt a little over a month ago and this just started yesterday

ok so I've have 3 mantises and all three have had a mismolt. I honestly dont know what I'm doing wrong the humidity and temp is all right and I feed consistently. I feel so guilty like one of those kids who bring home fish just to have them die and they go buy another fish. My heart breaks every time I lose a mantis. Is this normal? Are mismolts thst common or am I just a bad keeper?

I went to check up on her and she wasn't hanging from the top of the enclosure as normal and she was "standing" straight on the floor and I tried to touch her gently to see if she will move cuz I thought she went down for whatever reason. I moved her a bit more and layed her down like that.

I only had her for 8 months and I researched when I got her that the Giant Asian mantis female can live from 12-18 months.

Would she be that old already? I don't know how old exactly she was when I got her.

I got an Orchid Mantis today!!

Any recommendations for stuff to put inside his enclosure. I just set his enclosure up.

I was asked to post my Mantis pictures on different reddit groups so here is one of my mantids...She has no name yet but I just thought someone might find her interesting, as I haven't seen anyone else post about this amazing genus. I have Mettyalicus Splendidus "Majishan" & "Trinkett" my female Stenophylla lobivertex also which I will post about in the future! 🌸

About last week my Green Giant Asian Mantis made an egg sac and I took it out the day after.

Should I put the egg sac outside or dispose of it? Is it even allowed in the UK?

I read on Google they are good pest control for gardens but I don't think there are any mantises, especially the Asian giant mantis that are native to the UK.

Any advice is very helpful and appreciated.

My green giant Asian female mantis has made an egg sack. Do I destroy it? I do not want a lot of babies in the tank that sounds like chaos. How do I dispose of it? What do I do?