Managed to capture a whole series of clips of my Yunnan hunting, with near misses and all! This was her final strike in action, absolutely love feeding with this girl because she always makes it entertaining for us both 🤌 she’s a mighty little thing!

I was worried she’d struggle in her new bigger enclosure but I fear nothing is too much for Lumi, her greed knows no bounds

a female T. sinensis i believe! i relocated her to a nearby overgrown garden box.

Not sure if this is allowed I’m new to this group, if it’s not okay to post I will take it down! I bought this “Chinese mantis” about a week ago but I don’t know if it’s really a Chinese mantis it doesn’t look my other Chinese mantis, video of my new baby eating a cricket!

4” long. Hung out on my balcony for a week and I shared dubias from my colony. Now she’s gone, and I found this ootheca.
I initially thought Chinese Mantis, but from my research this Ootheca doesn’t look like that.
Help please! I have more photos available if needed.

Met the smallest baby in our car...

This cutie hopped on my husband's head at our back porch tonight. Also, albino?? Striking red eyes. I know very little about mantids so pls excuse my ignorance. We're in SoCal.

12x12x18 - also wondering if i should just remove the top entirely and try and handcraft something w mesh? there’s little vent holes toward the back but idk if it’ll be enough airflow???

i got to visit steven again today! she molted over the weekend and is a gorgeous adult now :)))

but shes like... really small?? ESPECIALLY compared to the ginormous T. sinensis female I found in the campus parking lot last week (last photo). its to the point where im starting to think maybe Steven either isn't a girl or isn't a Chinese mantis???

idk what mantis genitalia are like but im still counting 6 sternites and her abdomen is pretty spindle-shaped, which is indicative of her being female. i didnt have a ruler but if i had to guess id say shes between 7-9cm. she has a yellow spot on her chest and dark green armpits. pretty sure that means T. sinensis. so is she just smaller than i expected? or am i wrong about something?

I feel so unbelievably privileged to catch the end of Morty's molt!

so the abdomen looks kinda plumpy which is fair because I just fed her a bunchhhh of bugs, but it looks a bit different this time and it’s moving up and down A LOT more than usual. her wings are also drooping down more than usual. idk am I overthinking reddit