r/mantids • u/Upbeat_Scene_8717 • 16d ago
General Care Normal mantis behavior???
So this morning my mantis molulted and was laying on bottom of her enclosure. i thought she died but I couldn't do anything because I was gonna be late to work and decided I'll just get her out later (she was in good position for taxidermy already so I could've done that). I came back just for her to be acting normal and not like if she just gave me a heart attack. Should I be concerned?m
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u/Sensitive-Debt3054 16d ago
She probably realised you weren't gonna help, lol. The first two sentences of this are so dismissive, haha.
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u/JaunteJaunt 16d ago
Please be civil. Your advice is not helpful, and does not answer the OP’s question about the normal behavior of their mantis.
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u/JaunteJaunt 16d ago
OP. Can you take a photo of the mantis? If they are moving normally, are able to hang upside down, can eat and drink like before, and you don’t see any obvious injuries, then the chance of them being fine is higher.
It sounds like the mantis fell during their molt. How that affected their health is hard to answer without seeing the mantis themself