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Ok, I had one male and 2 female carolina mantids. I got the male to mate with these two girls, and everything went great. No deaths or injuries. Then I found two more females, and another male. I put the male I had just found in with the third female. I came back a while later and found that she had eaten everything of the male exept for wings and legs. So today, I put the other male in with her. I came back a while later, and noticed they were mating. Then I noticed there was no head on the male. He had got his job done, but lost his head doing it. Why is this girl so much more aggressive? Do they just have different personalities? I also noticed that her abdomen is more oval than the others.
So I got 3 out of 4 of the females to mate. Still one more, and I dont think Ill be able to find another male.

-Andrew

Here is a pic. Sorry its a little blurry, she was trying to run away.

It happens. Cool pic though. At least yours did not die for no reason.

I just noticed the coloring on that male. I have not seen one like that since I lived in the midwest. They all seem to be darkly colored around here.

Yeah, he had a lot of purple in him. Ive got nothin left of him but wings now. The female finished him off after mating.

Why the , your going to have lots of little babies you should be . Sometimes you need to sacrifice to get back a whole lot more.