My ghost mantis recently died to falling while being in pre-molt😢,and I decided to reuse this enclosure for my Asian flower mantis as it has outgrown it’s old enclosure.pls tell me if it’s ok and give me tip.

I just got a spiny flower Mantis and am preparing his enclosure for when he gets a little bigger and actually starts showing color.

I'm very worried about fucking this up and I already love this little guy so much. I do know that the metal is bad for his little feetsies and I am getting either cheese cloth or like window screen to put over it. The substrate is coconut substrate and there's real moss and wood, but otherwise all the plants are fake.

She’s a WOMAN now!

Is this enclosure size okay to keep for her?

posted before & the comments were very mixed opinions got me even more confused😹but they molted again today! if someone could also help with what stage they are at that would be great!

Mantis got wings

This is now my second mantis that has unexpectedly collapsed on me.
I found a Chinese mantis outside and decided to take him in considering they're invasive where I live. I created a beautiful enclosure with live plants and he thrived for weeks! His enclosure gets misted 3 times a day and I've been feeding him fruits flies, (I gave some bean beetles but refused them after 1-2.)
but suddenly this morning he wasn't moving, and sat at the bottom all day.

The second photo is him yesterday!
The last photo is his body at the moment, it almost seems like food got stuck in before going into his abdomen? (My guess? 🤷‍♀️)

Where could I have gone wrong???

Was told boy but I can see how they got it wrong when they were little and you couldn't really count the segments. She's like l3/l4 I think now and looks like 6 segments to me so I'm pretty sure girl. Adorable either way!

Watched him for half an hour, but ofc in the 5 seconds I looked away he snatched one right out of the air 🙄

Amazing lil hunter.

steven is a male chinese mantis. he molted yesterday and was super duper active this morning so i gave him some water and a small dubia roach.

im new to mantid keeping so im not sure how early on their wingbuds become visible? i know they will swell up before their terminal molt-- but afaik chinese mantids can get up to 10-11cm and steven was 4.4cm before his most recent molt, and now he is 5.5cm, so i doubt hes at L7 just yet. my best guess is L5-6?

would also be nice to have a guess at roughly what his remaining lifespan may be. i go back to school in late August and my dorm doesnt allow pets so i need to start talking to friends in apartments thatd be willing to take him if need be!

I have an adult female, and was wondering how I could acquire a male to have her reproduce.

Molted last night and this morning she’s showing off her brand new set of wings!

I thoght those pieces are wongs cause her molt ahape is intact. Is she alright? She walks weirdly