r/mantids • • 14h ago

Image/Video Happy gotcha day

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73 Upvotes

Got my little girl a year ago


r/mantids • • 15h ago

Image/Video why did it do this?

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i was watching over it on the bike path to make sure it didn't get run over and i was there for a while and eventually it crawled towards me. and then i realized it was following me? no matter what direction i went it started approaching me. even appeared to be staring me in the eye

why did it do that. was it trying to eat me or my shoe? would it have been fine to let it crawl on me. i was afraid of biting or not being able to get it off. or if it flew at me/got stuck in my hair

either way it was cute (a bit unnerving. ive never had a bug actively pursue me) and i miss it


r/mantids • • 14h ago

Image/Video molt timelapse

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was able to get a full timelapse of my mele, my female giant asian going into her adult molt


r/mantids • • 14h ago

Image/Video devils flower<3

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21 Upvotes

finally got my hands on my dream species about a month ago, she’s doing amazing so far


r/mantids • • 15h ago

ID Help My ghost molted 🥹

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14 Upvotes

r/mantids • • 9h ago

Health Issues Is it normal for mantids to look ROUGH after they molt? Mine just molted and she is very pale and deflated but she wouldn’t eat

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She also lost a leg during the molt but she is a juvenile so i read that they can regrow them later?


r/mantids • • 20h ago

Sex related question Our pretty girl (?)

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Persephone is an L3/4 Pseudocreobotra Wahlbergii


r/mantids • • 5h ago

Feeding Feeder Flies

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I purchased blue bottle fly spikes from josh's frogs and have been trying to hatch them for around a month now. I have had no luck. The closest I got was a fly half emerged that soon died later. I live in a very tropical, warm, humid place so I thought I would have no problem hatching them. Did I go to a bad vendor? Any tips on how to consistently hatch flies?


r/mantids • • 9h ago

Health Issues Help

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Is she alive? Do i abandon hope or try reviving her i gave her a little bit of honey and he twitches but shes very weak


r/mantids • • 1h ago

Breeding/Ootheca Trying to identify a mantis

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I have had her for about 3 weeks and she has laid 4 oothecas I want to make sure her species so I know if it would be okay to release them in the wild please help!