#mymantids

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My dead leaf mantis molted yesterday and has reached adulthood, so he has wings now! Was absolutely not expecting this reaction when I offered him a cricket though :|

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i stitched together a bunch of little clips i took of a few of my mantids the other day 💚 in order: australian rain forest mantis, dead leaf mantis, orchid mantis, and ghost mantis!

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Green bean posing beside his old molt 🌱

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australian rain forest mantis & ghost mantis

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one of my orchid mantises mid-molt! the petals on her legs are so much bigger and pinker now 💖

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fun fact: orchid mantis eyes go from white during the day to dark pink at night! 💖

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gotta keep those leggies clean 💚

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my ghost mantis molted! doubled in size again!

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My ghost mantis just had his final molt :') which is cool because he grew his adult wings, but also sad because he's in the last stage of his life now. This afternoon once his wings harden up some more I'll try to get some pictures of him but man he's already looking so cool

Look how much bigger he is compared to his old molt!

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so wiggly

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feeding my orchid mantises 🌸

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my ghost mantis molted yesterday and is looking as cool as ever

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Last night while I was feeding my mantids one of the blowflies got loose and flew away... I was just sitting at my desk and I saw it buzzing around by the window so I grabbed this guy and held him near it and he actually managed to catch it 😅

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my boy green bean 💚

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Went back in my google photo history to find these. This is my buddy shield mantis that I made friends with in Costa Rica in 2016. Ever since then I've wanted pet mantids so damn bad but could never find a breeder in Canada. I'm so happy I finally did and get to raise some of these cuties :'')