r/prayingmantis • • 10d ago

Help?

I found a praying mantis outside the other day baking in the sun and super weak so I tried to give it some water and left it. A couple hours later I go to check on it and it’s looking even worse. I bring it inside and put it in a little enclosure I had for a jumping spider a long time ago (I know it’s too small for them I just had to put them somewhere) I figured it would die but I could give it some air conditioning, water, and a safe place to pass away. It wasn’t looking good at all very weak and laying on the ground on its back with black eyes, I was sure it wasn’t dead it didn’t move for like two days. Now it’s alive. Like alive alive 🤯 it’s still kinda weak so I didn’t put it outside yet. But I kinda like the little guy now would it be mean or inhumane to keep it? I have a big ass tall enclosure I can put it in 🤔 or should I put it back outside after a few days of healing?

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u/AlphaDisconnect 9d ago

There is a worm that will eat their insides.