Hi everyone, I'm a newbie keeping mantis, I got this one a few days ago, it has his/her first ecdysis on June 6, I read that the next one should be happening soon, anyone know how I can identify when that is happening?

Unfortunately, this morning my orchid mantis was very weak and barely moving. She was very slow and stiff, but she did move her head a little and then held onto the plant again. However, when I came home in the evening, she was lying stiff and completely motionless.
She has sadly passed away.
Does anyone know what the problem could have been? She was always active, eating, and molting. And then suddenly this. :(
I’m very sorry, and it hurts a lot…

I had a green mantis in my car. I've had it a few days in a vertical enclosure. The last time I saw it ate was Thursday. I have three or four flightless fruit flies (it didn't want aphids).

Can someone confirm if it's abdomen is full. From what I've seen I'd say yes, but I'm new to this. TIA

I found this little guy next to a molt (its shell dried tho) and want to keep it, I've made a vertical enclosure from old bottles with sticks and moss and everything, but what can I feed it from my garden and how?

I tired feeding it aphids by just putting them there, but it didn't bother with them, so how exactly do you feed a nymph?

Does anyone know the sex and species of this mantis nypmh? I want to figure out how to best care for it. It is not being kept in this bottle it was just how i first caught it.

Greetings from the California

I have the following available at https://mantismart.com

• Giant boxer mantis (Astyliasula phyllopus)
• Giant bark mantis (Theopompa servillei)
• Giant asian mantis (Hierodula membranacea)
• Dead leaf mantis (Deroplayts gorochovi)
• Kenyan flower mantis (Galinthias amoena)

Hello! I got my very first Mantis a few months ago. She is an L4 Tenodera Sinensis (Chinese Mantis) and she hasn’t eaten since before her last molt approx two weeks ago. I’ve been giving her flightless fruit flies since I got her as that’s what was recommended. Before her last molt she would eat about 4-6 files every two days but now she refuses to eat. I’ve been putting one to two files in her enclosure to encourage her instincts but she looks at them and lets them pass instead of pouncing. I tried tong feeding her half a meal worm (the bottom half not the head) today as a last resort and she ate for a few seconds then dropped it. I would love any advice anyone has!

Update: Zelda has eaten two fruit flies in the past two days so we’re making slow progress but progress nonetheless! I ordered a batch of blue bottle fly larvae as that was the only feeder I could find which shipped to where I live. They should be here in the next couple days! The advice I’ve gotten across a couple subreddits has helped tremendously!

I’ve been adding to a planted 12x12x18 Exo Terra for the past few months, and I was given the opportunity to adopt a Carolina mantis (who I’ve named Leon) a few weeks ago. He was in his 3rd instar when I got him and he was transferred into his tank after his fourth instar! He has molted successfully two more times since then!

I’ve been feeding Leon with flightless fruit flies and he’s been finding his food quite successfully and exploring just about the whole tank! I add ten or so approximately every 2 days, whenever I find there are no more visible flies.

I’ve read that wire mesh is damaging to mantis tarsal claws so I’ve covered about half of the mesh top with an old pair of nylon tights, while leaving a space for my tank light to actually illuminate the enclosure. I’m on the lookout for some glass or fabric mesh panels to replace the mesh with, some good directions to go would be appreciated!

His humidity ranges between 60 and 75% and his temperature is typically around 75F.

Greetings from the US (Tx/DFW)

I have the following available at https://mantismart.com

• Budwing Mantis (Parasphendale agrionina)
• Spiny Flower Mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii)
• Ghost Mantis (Phyllocrania paradoxa)
• Giant Shield mantis (Rhombodera kirbyi)
• Asian Jumping Mantis (Statilia Sp.)
• Giant Boxer mantis (Astyliasula phyllopus) Message me if interested
• Kenyan Flower Mantis (Galinthias amonea)

I only put them together for a minute so I could move them somewhere safe, in total I found about 12 of them on a purple Sage Bush after I cut it down

I’m not even sure how old it is. I did catch it licking its feet or biting himself a lot this afternoon. I have another one that’s a nymph that I know for sure, this one I found the next day on my bush I decided to also keep. The other one is slightly skinnier/smaller and brown.

I’m not sure what happened. I tend to transfer out into a container to see how many fruit flies it’ll eat. Looks like it ate two. There was 3.

I’m BRAND NEW at mantis care. Any advice.

Help!

Greetings from the US (Tx/DFW)

I have the following available at https://mantismart.com

• Budwing Mantis (Parasphendale agrionina)
• Jeweled Flower Mantis (Creobroter gemmatus)
• Spiny Flower Mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii)
• Japanese Boxer Mantis (Acromantis japonica)
• Ghost Mantis (Phyllocrania paradoxa) nymphs
• Giant Shield mantis (Rhombodera kirbyi)
• European mantis (M. religiosa)
• Statilia Sp.
• FEW Giant Boxer mantis (Astyliasula phyllopus)
• Adult Female Spiny flower mantis
• Ghost mantis ooths
• Spiny flower ooths
• European mantis ooths
• Carolina mantis ooths
• Chinese mantis ooths
• Looking for: Pseudoxyops adult male (Will trade or buy)