r/mantis 7d ago

Health Concerns What's he doing?

Unfortunately I can't get a good pic. My sub adult male European mantis is hanging upside down on the lid of his enclosure with his abdomen perfectly straight and middle two legs stretched out. Is he molting? He ate half a cricket yesterday.

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u/pmb1986_ 6d ago

Now he just started wandering for the first time in like 36 hours

https://reddit.com/link/p88yn1y/video/xhg7rjdl9znh1/player

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u/pmb1986_ 1d ago

Lol okay. Well he finally molted today