u/Exact-Recognition-55

Got my first orchid mantis. After two "robust" mantids I raised, I decided I could give it a try to care for a more difficult mantis

Hi, my Asian shield just molted to i8. I never had a mantis this big. I fed blowflies till now, but they seem too small to provide enough for her now. There are crickets the right size, but I know crickets aren't the best to feed. What do you feed mantids this big?

She has this black stuff in her mouth. Is it normal or should I be concerned. She has had it since I got her.

Hi, so this is the temporary enclosure for my Rhombodera valida. I will get her tomorrow and she is in i3-i4. I will wait till she gets bigger to move her to her final enclosure. While I had my old hierodula I experienced, that a big enclosure is nice but it is hard to find and feed your mantis when she is still small. So this time I decided to start in a smaller one at first

-Air vents at the top and on the side.

-big spectrum LED light at the top. (I will place it a little bit differently later, rn it's touching the net)

-roughly 12cm In depth, 28cm high (soil to net), 24cm wide (4.7in/11in/9.4in)

-insect friendly construction foam back, I formed it and cut it. Later on silicone and cocos humus on it.

I first played Ready or Not some years ago. And there was a mission I have in mind. It was like a tall mansion on a Mediterranean hill, with long distance shootings. I found this screenshot online. Did the Devs ever say, why they removed it or what happened to it?

So my mantis was hanging upside down as usual, after some time she put one of her legs to the inner side (like when spiders dying) after some seconds a second leg. When pray came by she caught it and fell down, because she had only one leg holding on the net. Now she lays on the floor and eats her prey. What yould I do