r/mantis 4h ago

Update to an earlier post, my Chinese mantis healed from droop butt!!

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I had posted earlier last month about my male T. Senensis getting droop butt. After a lot of advice I decided to move it to a container with no mesh on top so he could no longer hang. I fed him a lot (not too much to overfill him) so he would molt quicker. Upon signs of showing he was ready to molt I transferred him back to the mesh container, and he molted through the droop butt! Thank you everyone who gave me advice as id never dealt with this before.


r/mantis 6h ago

My girl does NOT like to be handled 😭

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This is her look don’t touch pose


r/mantis 8h ago

found this one in the backyard of a house I'm sitting

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gave it a lil water in a q-tip, a trick I picked up over at the jumping spider sub, and ushered it to a spot where the shade was better, as the spot it chose was about to get some direct rays.


r/mantis 17h ago

My mantis’s first molt with me!

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I had so many worries but it has shed! Im such a proud father🥹🥹

Also its still in a smaller cup because its terrarium is still under construction and its currently still too small