1. Máni - Heterochaeta Orientalis

2. Athena - Hymenopus Coronatus

3. Nyx/Heimdall - Hierodula Pulchripes

Máni was on the ground so I offered my hand to help him climb onto a branch because he seemed weak. He seems fine now🙏

Last week my mantis Uxie passed. She was such a beautiful expressive lady and I’m so sad about her passing.

I would like to display her but would like advice from anyone who has done so. I plan to find some type of container for her display from the dollar store because I’m on a budget. Would there be any concern like a risk of there being less longevity of her final resting place with this idea?

When displaying my past pets I enjoy collecting some materials from their enclosures that they enjoyed. For Uxie, I want to put the pipe cleaner that she had in her original container from the store that has since remained in her enclosure and perhaps part of the dowel she loved walking along if I can cut it at home. How could I display her on these items so she can rest on them in a pose?

What tips do you guys have for pinning. I have never pinned an insect that requires organ removal and stuffing. What are your tips for this? I ordered pins and blunt tweezer tools. I will be buying cotton balls and some type of glue at the dollar store as well. Any tips on other steps as well would be appreciated!!

She also has lost some color since passing, has anyone had experience with adding pigment back to her with paints or something similar?

I added some pictures of my sweet girl. When I first bought her she was so scared. She was bought from a sketch place. They were totally feeding her crickets which made me feel so bad. She was the best ally and was obsessed with my wife (one time she even jumped on her face, it was seriously one of the only times she ever jumped while being handled). After her final molt she also turned green, which happens to be favorite color! I’m going to miss her so much and I wish she could have been around for forever.

Have had this T. sinensis for about 2 months now, just noticed today that he’s been holding his abdomen way to the side of his wings like this. Does this mean anything or is it normal? I haven’t seen it this crooked yet, but this is my first mantis so I don’t know if this is a sign of anything. I haven’t noticed him fall or act any differently, and I’m pretty sure this is his final molt so I know he won’t have too much longer. Thanks for any answers and help!

I have to move my mantises, jumping spiders, and isopods to my mom’s house while an infestation is being taken care of at this house.
She pours clorox into the ac pipe every month and says it only smells like bleach immediately when she pours it. If she was able to hold off on doing that for two months (the longest amount of time i’m thinking this might take) would they be safe to stay over there?

Last time she poured it was last Sunday and I need to move my bugs by this weekend. She says the smell isn’t there anymore

everyone say good job

I found this guy today. Super sad they died like this, probably stepped on by another highschooler. This is my first mantis pin, so I have a few questions. Should I stuff their abdomen due to the damage, and how do I repair the damage? Also, what species are they? Found in southeastern PA.

Deroplatys Dessicata

i7

Female

3 people including me think presub

Are these guys big enough to eat other bugs than wingless fruit flies? What should I try?
I tried mini mealworms they seemed interested for a little bit but then didn’t
yes I know mealworms aren’t the best but I was trying something other than flies

Hi! I've had my L4/5 orchid mantis for 2 days now, her behaviour seems normal, however she has refused to eat yesterday and today. yesterday I just brushed it off as her not being hungry yet, but im concerned about her not wanting to eat today. I'm wondering why she refuses to eat at all. The temperature is at around 26C, the humidity is at 70%, she has plenty of space to hang and climb on, I've offered fruit flies, and the smallest locusts I could find. I tried putting her in a smaller container with a fruit fly first and then a locust just incase she was struggling to get to it, but still nothing. I tried to use tweezers to hold the prey in front of her but again nothing. She just ignores it and goes about her normal mantis activities.. what do I do?!!??!

I came home and found her at the bottom 😩😩😩

I mean I already knew the life span is short because when I found her , she had wings aka adult life but damn

You’ve left an imprint on me . I didn’t know how cool mantis were until I had you 😔

Now finally I could get second opinions😅 sorry if it's blurry little one keeps running around it's hard for me to hold my jewelry lob on the camera og my phone using one hand

UPDATE!!

first time mantis owner here - my ghost mantis Tink hasn’t eaten in probably about a week now, i’m pretty sure she just molted (although i didn’t see it or find the molt) as it seemed like she kind of just grew overnight. she won’t eat literally anything i offer her, fruit flies, bluebottle flies, bluebottle larvae, mealworms, dubias - anything. is this normal for them to just reject food?

Hi I’ve had her for a month now and I came up home and she was on the ground of her enclosure. She’s not moving and her limbs are twitching. Any advice??

Today four days after his final moult i have fed him a locust. I was also lucky enough to catch him moulting, also some advice on feeding male mantis would be appreciated

This is Alfonso, he's a Double Shield mantis, who's been an adult for about a month and a half. On Monday I discovered he was missing most of his tibia and his Tarsus on his left raptorial.

I know that since he's an adult, it won't ever regenerate. He seems to be doing fine with his remaining raptorial. I'm just at a loss for how he lost it. I fed him Sunday morning, and he had both of them then. He did however seem to have the affected limb stuck in the tulle mesh. I gently nudged it to free it, and I was very gentle and it seemed fine afterwards, he even used it to grab his food.

It's kind of eating me a bit to think I might have hurt my poor boy. Is there any possibility of something else happening? Some people have suggested he just got overzealous while he was feeding and chewed it off, but I've never heard of that happening before.

If anyone has any insight into what happened and how to prevent it from happening again, I would appreciate it. Thank you in advance.

Found in Rockville, MD

So, this is strange, but I remember it so vividly. I was a child about 8, so it must've been my imagination. But the memory is still so clear that it makes me wonder.

I caught a praying mantis in my backyard, put it in a jar with a stick inside and holes punched into the lid for air. I was so amazed by them and thought I'd keep it just for a little while to admire. Didn't plan on keeping it as a pet.

Anyhow, I get called inside for dinner, rush to my room and put the captured mantis on my shelf. I ate quickly then head back to take closer look at the mantis. As soon as I enter the room I see it's eyes are glowing bright red like two of those red diode lights. My child brain instantly thought. "Oh this mantid's pissed, I'd better just let it go!" So I take the jar outside and the mantid's eyes are just glowing red, I can still see the glow even in the pre twilight, the sun is still setting so it's fairly still light outside. It just jump flies out of the jar over the fence and even as it flew away I could still see the red eyes.

I later read the book 'The Red Hourglass', (awesome book about predators btw). There's a chapter about the praying mantis, I was waiting for the part about the glowing eyes, but of course it didn't exist. It's a weird child hood memory that I just thought was real for half my life about Mantids; so I figured I'd share here.

Can someone help me determine the exact species of this mantis?

She looks like shes in pretty bad shape. Pretty sure shes a European mantis. So cute, she looks like mine

I've had a ghost mantis for a little over a year and she's always been very chill. Hangs in the same spot all day in her enclosure, waits for food to come to her, when I handle her she just chills. But I just got an orchid mantis and they're a menace. All day they just wander around their terrarium, when I handle them they jump all over the place- even a leap of faith to the ground -and they're not particularly interested in their food. My ghost would eat until she popped if I let her, but the orchid barely looks at the red racers I feed them.

I just want to know if this is normal behavior for them?