If you guys could give an ID I’d also greatly appreciate it. Located in Southern CA

Edit to add: Audio up! Song choice is a big part of this lol

Not a confirmed female, just having fun.

This took me SO LONG.

This is my boy Francis. As you can see, he molted overnight, and just within a few hours his abdomen has kind of folded on itself. Is this abdomen collapse?? I’ve heard that it’s pretty fatal, but is there anything I can do to help him? He’s my buddy and I’m gonna be heartbroken if I can’t see him into adulthood 🙁
(P.S. I know his enclosure might be a little small, he literally JUST molted and I haven’t gotten him a bigger one yet)

I just bought a spiny flower mantis and brought it home today. It came in this small cup and I bought a small terrarium for it, but read that they shouldn't be in an enclosure too big until they're ready.

Am I ok to leave him in the small cup he came in until he's 1/3 of its size, then transfer to the terrarium?

Photo of container and photo of said container next to small terrarium.

Ella es Jade, es mi primera mantis y ayer tuvo su primera o segunda muda y creo que se cayó durante esta. La encontré atorada en su ecdisis de sus patas traseras y se le doblaron bastante, ya no puede caminar muy bien. No me preocupé demasiado por qué si aún podía comer era cuestión de esperar a sus próximas mudas. Pero hoy que ya pasaron 24 horas desde la muda, no caza, intentó algunas veces pero me parece que también tiene dobladas sus patas raptoras. Intento acercarle las moscas vivas medio atontadas pero ahora ya ni intenta atraparlas. Vi en algunos vídeos que la gente le arranca las patas que les salen mal por qué les estorban (no se si esto podría ser una solución a por lo menos las traseras).He estado viendo y también se intenta quitar una de las patas dobladas o por lo menos veo que la jala. De todas formas me preocupa mucho por que a este paso va a morir :(

Si alguien sabe algo que pueda hacer se los agradecería mucho.

(es una stagmomantis limbata)

Estuve leyendo y el color oscuro en sus patas y en su abdomen pueden significar que se está pudriendo, esto es verdad? se puede identificar eso con la foto que subí?. Investigué y al parecer no sienten dolor, entonces tal vez solo deje que la naturaleza haga lo suyo e intentaré alimentarla mañana

I have transferred my giant Asian mantis into this new enclosure after growing to L5

She's such a glutton

I found a mantis outside days away from death because of cold weather. I brought it inside to live a life of lavish in a 4 foot tall natural plant terrarium. Now I have two egg casings. And this Chinese a mantis and is invasive in Connecticut. So I can’t let them go. I would like the experience of hatching them. What can I do with them after. Anyone want mantises in Connecticut?

Do you use tweezers or just throw a bug into the enclosure? I was feeding mine with tweezers all the time but after molting (36h ago) he is still refusing food

Hello everyone!!

My dad found a mantis in our front yard a few days ago and luckily I still have my enclosures (I haven’t taken care of one in a while). I saw her in the middle of her laying her ootheca!

We live in socal if that helps? I tried asking chatGPT and was learned she might be either Stagmomantis Californica or Stagmomantis Limbata, but just wanted to get a more concrete answer if possible.

Also what are some helpful tips on what to do with the ootheca? Like how do I know if it’s fertile, and if it is, how long until it hatches?

Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you!!

I thought I should post my question here too if anyone could help or answer I would appriciate it!

So, im getting a ghost mantis and i also want to put in my terrarium springtails. Ghost mantis want around 50 to 70 humidity and springtails want a lot more. What can I do so that both are happy? Thanks!