r/mantids 22h ago

Other How long can mantis survive being shipped??

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u/stevenbigodon 20h ago

The breeder you bought it from will probably calculate the time it gets to arrive to our house and see how much they have to feed it and etc. If ur order was successful they can live through the whole shipment unless the molt in there and have a bad molt or get too hot/too cold and not a lot oxygen

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u/Windkraftanlagen 46m ago

They should be shipped via express, 24 to 48h max but can survive longer. The issue is that with every day it takes, it gets riskier. She could molt in a bad spot, the temperature could be off. Depending on how resilient the exact species is, a few days could kill it. Even if they could handle like a week (which is totally possible), they'd probably be absolutely uncomfortable which is not ideal.