She is fat

Wow. Looks like someone needs a gym membership.

Funny thing, I just found a Carolina mantis myself yesterday, and decided to keep it because it should get cold soon. He's an adult and was REALLY skinny when I found him but I'm having trouble getting him to eat. The little dude is obviously unused to being kept in a terranium and spends most of his time on ceiling, clawing at the walls and trying to get out. I tried tweezer feeding but he is always seems to be too distracted by trying to escape the enclosure.

Any suggestions?

heres a care sheet i found http://www.insectstore.com/stagmoma.....-caresheet.php

hope it helps

also if the enclosure is too big for him he may not find his prey, when i feed my mantids i let them hunt their prey but some can feed from whats in a tweezer. its fun watching them hunt. being wild your mantis is probibly turned off by the tweezers.

I've looked at sites on the web such as the one you showed and none of them really help at all, sorry.

I'm sure the mantis is turned off by the tweezers, the see-through plastic walls.... everything.

The enclosure is not too big... it just about fits the suggested dimensions on the website. I've been giving him shield bugs, (which he loves to watch if it crawls close but he never strikes at), Craneflies (just cause they're everywhere at night and easy to catch, but he ignores them), and moths (ditto). I set a few cricket traps in my yard tonight but even if I catch any I don't think he'll ever go for them because he refuses to budge from the ceiling so he'd never find them.

I guess I'll just give him a few more days and if he still refuses to eat I'll let him go.

yea that might be best, it is also possible he is nearing the end of his life cycle. if your still interested in possibly getting a mantis as a pet I've got my two from this site http://www.mantispets.com/
they do good packageing and you could get beginner packages with a mantis included. they are also good answering questions if you e-mail them. just be sure you select express shipping to not risk the mantis dieing in the package if it takes too long.

Thanks but no thanks.

Not interested in spending money.

How do you still have a nymph this late in the year?

you can breed them any time of year if you keep them in the right enviornment

True, true. But good luck catching food for them at this time of the year.

i dont catch it i order it

Pretty much the only option available at this time of year. Still, good luck!

i have 10,000 fly pupae in my fridge im good lol

Wow! Yep, that's do...for now.

that'll do*