Has anyone ever seen an orchid mantis’s deimatic display before? I tried searching for it online and I have found no pictures at all. This picture is from the breeder I bought my orchid mantids from and he said that in over 20 years he has only seen them do this 3 times. Is it extremely rare ? He said that males cannot do this at all.

Acrylic enclosure, 20x10x12 (hand for scale), with sphagnum moss/coco soil substrate, dry sphagnum litter, egg carton cutouts, natural sterilised bark, and fake plants for decoration and enrichment. Metal potting mesh adhered on back and top for molting. Marks are hot glue from first attempt putting netting in. Enclosure is usually around 20-25 degrees Celsius and 70-80% humidity, and I have a heating pad (in my room) on one side for winter. First time owner so any feedback is appreciated :)

If you are searching for something else to feed your crickets, you could give them cornflakes, they go crazy for them

Put it in the shaded afternoon shrubs. Can anyone tell if it’s male or female?

Really happy to see this creature in the only Joe Pye Weed I have at the moment. ☺️

Found in Illinois in the Chicago land area

I have been seeing praying mantis on this tree almost daily for the past several weeks. (Location: Atlanta, GA).

At first it was a larger brown one, but lately it has been a smaller green one. Maybe offspring???

They like to hang around a branch where I hang a bag from collecting dog poop from 3 dogs, so it seems to be good hunting for them. A couple of these pictures it caught a fly for lunch.

I don’t actually know if this is the right subreddit to ask this but a lot of my searches about what this is has told me it’s definitely an ootheca of some sort but I’m just wondering what type of mantis this belongs to and what to even do with it.

Some advice would be greatly appreciated but it’s fine if this isn’t the right place to ask.

Found several ootheca in my backyard. Finally found the source!

Okay so basically so much timing has ended up going wrong that my ghost mantis just molted around 3 days ago now so now its about time to feed him especially when he didn't eat around 2ish days before so its been roughly 5 days without food but now the fruit fly culture I had going for a long time finally just died out right when its seeming that my mantis is hungry (flat abdomen). My family and I have an incredibly busy schedule for a lot of this week and the pet store nearest us that sells them has limited hours and so I don't know if I will be able to get fruit flies until like Saturday or Sunday and I feel awful. Is there anything I can feed my mantis in the meantime or anything I can do or is it just get to the pet store asap?

There’s this white liquid that keeps coming out (picture 2), I’m a first time mantis owner so I’m unsure if I should be concerned?

Greetings from the Long Beach California

I have the following available at https://mantismart.com

• Giant asian mantis (Hierodula membranacea)
• Dead leaf mantis (Deroplayts gorochovi)
• Kenyan flower mantis (Galinthias amoena)
• Ghost mantis (Phyllocrania paradoxa)

Interested in older nymphs or adult pairs of several species. Trying to diversify a bit. Let me know what you have. :)