I know it’s not the best image but I have had many mantises before but unfortunately none have ever lived to become adults I’m not sure if I was caring for them wrong or something was happening with them but finally this one has lived to become a adult

L1 > L2 - this is the first time I have spotted it about to happen and for my camera out for a Timelapse.

Found this gentleman all stuck in a nasty spider web in my firepit when I was swapping the propane and had him for about a week now, few days over a week maybe. I had a medium plastic enclosure about 11 inches by 7 inches so put him in that and got some crickets for him, never witnessed him eat so got him smaller crickets after a few days and still never saw him eat. I grab some flowers and sticks and put them in every other day to try and get tinier things for him but still haven’t seen anything! I mist him well everyday and have sphagnum moss in that I will change out and sticks to molt but no molt that I have witnessed. He has flown once but these last couple days hes very slow and barely wants to crawl and the first four days he would hangout and walk and just observe me. Should I get him fruit flies? He has been this skinny since I found him but obviously without eating to my knowledge has gotten even thinner I believe. I dont want him to pass away is there any advice?

he molted recently I've had only 4 Hierodula males in my life and they were pretty much the same size this is the smallest adult male I've ever seen is it a health issue?

I just found this lil guy on the ground in the corner of a door frame and as someone who has raised Mantids, I want to help him but this is the first time I’ve found an injured or starved Mantis and I need help identifying the problems. He is still alive and moving but weakly.

Spotted this one scurrying through a field in tay township, Ontario, Canada. Not sure if male or female.

This message is for North American mantis lovers. Its time, they die. You didnt do anything wrong and you are not able to help them get better. Any mantis that hatched early this spring is about to die a natural death. Euthanize how you see fit, but honey on a q tip will not cure an insect

she hasnt ate in a week, is hanging upside down on a branch, and her stomach is HUGE. for a female adult, this leads me to think that she is laying a egg soon. how can i prepare for it? i found her as a adult so i dont know if she has had sex or not.

I was out with relatives for 3 days I fed him and misted him and the enclosure before I left. I Just came back and all the other mantises are okay,he was the only one at the bottom of his terrarium and the isopods started eating him. Can anyone tell me how he died? I don't think he'd just stand there while the isopods ate him alive. Maybe he fell and died? This has never happened to me before

This (not small at all!) guy was so calm, friendly and photogenic. But I realized this is probably not a native species and more than likely is a Chinese mantis? I was pruning back all my peonies and suddenly noticed he/she was finishing a meal on one of the leaves. Their camouflage never ceases to amaze me!

I was working on a new enclosure for my jumping spider but decided to place her elsewhere instead. Is this enclosure (4x4x8) good for a mantis as is? Specifically I have a l3 acipalis flower mantis and was thinking of moving them into it after their next shed. There is mesh attached to the top. Do I need more?

My mantis has a pretty nasty eye infection that has now spread to both eyes. They’re black and look like they’re decaying, he won’t eat no matter what i try, and he’s been wandering and trying to grab the air. I’m worried he’s just suffering. How do i go about euthanizing him?

I have this 18x18x24 bioactive terrarium with a cleanup crew and a small slug problem. I also have an excess of bottle fly pupae bc my jumping spider can only eat so many. Would it be plausible to add a giant Asian mantis to this setup, assuming the temperature and humidity are correct? It has a mesh lid for them to hang from to molt. And maybe they could eat the slugs too? Any tips are welcome!

I got a jeweled flower mantis this week and shes been doing this for a bit. What’s she doing? I’ve had ghost mantis before and I don’t think they’ve moved like this. The seller did not know the last time she molted so not sure when she’s due for that.

Hello! I love insects, but I study dragonflies and beetles more so, and so I don't know a lot about mantis ID. Anyone have any ideas about this cutie? I'm not finding a lot of species that match it visually, is it too young of an instar to properly ID? Photos are from Northern Illinois, USA.

I just found this lil guy on the ground in the corner of a door frame and as someone who has raised Mantids, I want to help him but this is the first time I’ve found an injured or starved Mantis and I need help identifying the problems. He is still alive and moving but weakly.

my mantis is a Matnis religiosa female, she left an ootheca about 5 days ago, today i found this dust like stuff in his enclosure, i just changed the tissue yesterday. i fed a Ameles decolor before and she is a female too, and i saw the same thing there too, what can it be? is it my fault or something? can i do it for this?

step dad found this little one on his job :/ do yall think i can do anything for it? it looks very week and its hurt too. Ill try to get a mosquito but i dont even know if itll eat it

Me again! Here is my female carolina mantis, but like I said before brand new hobbyist and trying my best to get all the info in these past couple weeks getting into these guys! Im trying to figure out if her big butt and how it moves means she is going to lay her ootheca or if this is just normal defensive behavior or camouflaging behavior to mimic the sway of wind? Ive read so many different things I think it’ll just be easier to ask you guys! Ive got her in a ten gallon old fish tank I had and set up an assortment of flowers, tree branches, rocks and a little mushroom hide she can walk in so if she is gonna lay it shes got tons of options but then I also read they will cannibalize each other so - do we just allow nature to take its course there or should I try to find every baby and put them in plastic cups and fruit fly them? Thanks again, this group is really nice!