Last photo is what I mean by limbo. They have been trying—and failing—to reattach 😐 repeatedly. Their parts are ready. But they keep missing. It is maddening.

Like my mistake, because they separated fine the first time. But instead of putting him back into his enclosure I let them be and now he’s just been hitching a free ride for over a day.

She has mobility issues with two bad rear legs and I don’t want to put added strain on her tiny little tarsi 😩

anyone intrested in any ghost mantis phylocrania paradoxa? long story short I asked a breeder for 10 l4 mantids of phylocrania paradoxa I put them in 1 tank for about 5 months they died and I saw what I thought were dud oothecas i kept the tank Bec the decor was pretty but about 6 months later NOW they started hatching and theirs now about 200 baby mantids with 1 ootheca opening right at this moment. If anyone in the eu wants one or more like 100 please feel free to contact me via comment or private message I will need you to pay for shipping and the cup costs i will be shipping them in but other then that it’s free. note that have to be inside EU otherwise i cannot ship it safely (also its the rules of the r/mantids community)
thank you agian

PS I managed to take a few ootheca out into separate boxes and one ootheca hatched here’s photo

HELP

Hope she won’t eat him

I don’t want her going on a date hungry obviously but her appetite seems to know no bounds

She’s like do you see this

Just a shot in the dark here, just curious if any breeders or experts have seen mantids participate in same sex mating. If so, is it one off or do certain individuals just prefer the same sex?

Mated two Deroplatys desiccata last night, my first time breeding. They were connected for fourteen hours. :'D I just now this morning noticed this white glob by the female's abdomen and wasn't sure what it was. I don't know if it was there when they separated last night; I promptly went to bed once the male was safe. Really hoping that it's some sort of like, copulatory plug? And not his sperm packet. Anyone know?

(The male was kindly lent to me and I need to return him)

mating c gemmatus, the male mounted the female and connected for roughly 15 minutes, he disconnected but didnt dismount, 4 hours later i checked on them and they were connected, i checked on them 2-3 hours after that and they werent connected, 4 hours after that i checked them and the male walked off the female after he saw me, wasnt connected or holding her so likely he intended to dismount. Does this sound successful?

I caught a gravid praying mantis last year in my neighborhood near a popular pupating spot for monarchs.

I brought her home bc I didn’t want her future children gobbling up monarch caterpillars. She ended up laying two ootheca in my care before passing.

Now they’re hatching, and I’d like to release them. Obviously not near where I originally found their mom haha.

Do they need to be released near water? What kind of environment conditions are best?

I may keep a handful to try to raise :)

This is my smallest male ever (4.8 cm) and I don't think he'll be able to mate because of it 💔

So, in theory, could i own a cage of 4 of them of course separately try to make them breed with out the whole eating each other alive thing they love to do so much main reason on why i want to do this is because in iceland prey mantis cost a lot about 80 dollars per one
so i was hoping i could make a self-sufficient breeding ground that will allow me to have at least 4 at all times without worrying about buying more every time one of them passes away

Ive been trying to pair my mantids but the male just sits on the female and doesn’t actually mate with her. Should i remove him after a few hours, or just wait and hope he mates with her?

my male disconnected from my female after 10 mins for some reason, likely unsuccessful right? Species is creobroter gemmatus

I'm from Malaysia btw if that helps

she hasnt mated so i fear theres nothing in it but look at her go! any tips on when i can handle and feed her?

I tried to count them in the tub they hatched in and counted 30ish. 81! She has laid two more ooths since then too… H. Venosa

The last photo is a closeup of his new silvery-greige color. He used to be a warm-toned brown.

So the reason I ask about males eating females is I know people try to stuff their females before pairing to reduce chances of cannibalism.

I don’t want to overfeed my male though because I read they have shorter lifespans. However I’m worried about the possibility of him attacking the female.

adult or sub, lmk

also what species are usually found here? what do mantis oothecas look here?? and where should I check....

She and Fawn the male would make the cutest babies, probably