u/structuresrusting

L5 Giant Blue Papuan Mantis ( hierodula sp papua) pretty confident it's male but just want to make sure, I counted 7 segments

My first ever bioactive vivarium, 20x20x30 exo terra for young praying mantis, has springtails and dwarf white isopods. I expect mold so I only put the mantis in for a picture and I will let the vivarium settle. Hopefully the plants (begonia lichenora, ficus quercifolia, selaginella uncinata, spaghnum moss) continue to grow and cover the ugly hot glue marks. I also plan on replacing the glass door, if I can unhinge it, with mesh for better ventilation

I've bought some cuttings of peacock spike moss and other various plants, and trying to grow them out before putting them in terrariums. All plants are doing good aside from this one, it's grown out a lot but also turning white/pink in certain areas which seem to be dead. I keep them in a mix of moss/coco coir/ charcoal / topsoil with springtails and quite humid and under a barrina t5 5000K grow light, anyone know what the cause could be?

In the first picture I thought on the left side was a strand of spaghnum moss but its a completely wet and melted peacock moss chunk which makes me think maybe I over watered them

Bought an L3 Hierodula sp Papua and it is TINY, he will live in this plant pot for a while until he grows enough to not get lost in my 20cm wide and 20cm tall enclosure I got. I think it's male due to the long antenna for now, too small and jumpy to count abdomen segments.

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Anyone know how large on average these guys get?

I mostly have been making high poly sculpts and vertex painted them but my computer couldn't handle it after some time. This was my first time learning normal map baking and rigging, I did use an add on for the retopology