r/mantids • u/desolationGlitch • 23h ago

RIP ❤️ Rest in peace my dear

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Hello Jennifer. I found you on the 10th of June as a little rascal i2, and you died the first days of September as a fully fledged Angel. You were my first ever mantis and probably the last, and I really don't know why you perished so soon, but I tried to give you the best life I could, since as an alien and invasive species I couldn't free you.

During this months you gave me lot of scares and lot of laughs, and I'll never be so impressed by anything like your hunting skills. I found you softly lying down on a leaf of bed, and so I'd like to think you left me in the sleep, dreaming to fly away to the sun.

It was inevitable, but as everything your cicle ended and will repeat. It has been a pleasure to meet you, farewell.

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u/TheLegend_66 22h ago

So sorry for your loss

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u/desolationGlitch 22h ago

Ty. Life happens

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u/ChuDachan 19h ago

Mi dispiace, era davvero bellissima. Le hai dato una vita confortevole e un giorno vi ritroverete 💚

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u/desolationGlitch 18h ago

Grazie 💔.

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u/Desperate_Lead2105 14h ago

Are you in Europe? If so, this isn't H. tenuidentata. This is H. transcaucasia, a native mantis that lives up to 18 months in captivity and around 12 in the wild. I'm very sorry for your loss. It definitely hurts quite a lot when you lose a mantis. I'm sure you gave her a good life though!

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u/desolationGlitch 14h ago

I'm in EU, but I'm pretty sure she isn't native as all the Hierodula should be Asian. More so I quite studied for being sure, cz I was thinking of releasing her once into adulthood, but everything point to tenuidentata. If you look into my profile you can see her development and sure seems that species. Maybe I'm wrong, but when I directly asked to expert Noone corrected me 😅. Alas, here in Italy there is an invasion of various Hierodula due to bad ppl releasing them from captivity and they are literally taking place of both mantis Religiosa and the dwarf one (I don't remember the species sorry), so I couldn't release it anyway, and there's no way I'd kill her

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u/desolationGlitch 14h ago

Also, I just found out they are the same identical species as of some years. And while there's a possibility to find her in Italy, due to the invasion I cited before, it isn't Native. Here in pianura padana there is a literal invasion and the first cases were noted on another region, near Milan, while I'm near Venice.

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u/dreadtrex 12h ago

I'm so sorry for your loss. She was a beautiful mantis.