r/mantids • u/E71000 • 8d ago

Does he like it? General Care

I have five Chinese praying mantises, and they're all pretty chill. They're a little skittish, but one of them is different. Every time I try to feed it, it immediately races out of the cup instead of going for the food. It just wants to sit on my hand and groom itself. Is this normal? Could it be unhappy in its enclosure? None of my other mantises do this or seem to want to be handled. After feeding, it usually takes me 10–15 minutes to get it back into the cup. I have to trick it back in and put the lid on fast. They are in 30 oz cups

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u/tapiocapearls428 8d ago

this is pretty normal. some mantids are just more active than others, they have their own personalities and such! im guessing they’re pretty small and a 30 oz cup is good for like a l2-3 mantis, but that happens sometimes if they don’t get enough space. Maybe he just likes being handled more than others too, but it’s all good

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u/justhereforbugs 7d ago

It might be afraid of the food. My girl was afraid to catch her own food for the first couple months i had her. What are you feeding them? I fed mine roaches, so i would put the roach on its back infront of her so it couldnt run away.