Mites

[Pacmaster]

My sling has grown some, as have its companions.
Still only 3 on it, and they are clearly attached and growing.
This sling is still only about an inch, but is doing just fine - eating good, growing.
So Ill just leave things be till I can get them off safely.
It is away from the rest of my collection, and these are still the only 3 out of my entire collection, and I look at every one of my 50+ Ts evryday.

http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo209/Pacmaster/mites.jpg

[Raikiri]

One day I found several mites on my mantis' abdomen. I put her into a new enclosure, she was doing fine. A week later she stoped eating, couldn't walk and died in a few hours. I cleaned it's abdomen and saw that mites ate the exoskeleton and reached internal organs. Because of this case I always remove mites with a cotton stick or a brush.