Returns, Refunds & Live Arrival Policy

All sales of live mantises, oothecae, and related products are final. We do not accept returns for any reason, including but not limited to:

• Buyer's remorse or a change of mind after delivery.
• Care difficulties once the mantis is in your possession.
• Sex of the mantis — we do our best to identify sex when visible, but cannot guarantee it for younger nymphs.
• Color variation — coloration varies with humidity, lighting, and genetics, and may change between molts.
• Size or stage of the nymph — mantises are sold by species, not by a guaranteed size or growth stage. Nymphs molt on their own schedule, so the one you receive may be slightly larger or smaller than another of the same species.

You may cancel an order only if both of the following are true:

1. No tracking number has been assigned yet. Once a shipping label is generated and tracking is issued, your order is considered in transit and cannot be canceled.
2. You've emailed us at hello@lobomantis.com requesting cancellation, and we've replied to acknowledge it.

We guarantee your mantis arrives alive under the following strict conditions. This guarantee is the only post-shipment protection we offer.

• Overnight service only — FedEx Priority Overnight or UPS Next Day Air. No slower speed qualifies. 2-Day is never covered, at any temperature, including when you choose it during extreme heat. Held-for-pickup overnight orders are covered — it is the same overnight service, routed to a staffed counter.
• Received on the first delivery attempt — or, for a held-for-pickup order, collected the same day the carrier marks it ready for pickup, by that location's closing time. (If it's marked ready after the location has closed for the day, you have until closing time the next day it's open.) Two separate clocks run on a held package and only the short one is ours: the carrier will physically hold the parcel about 7 days, but our guarantee ends when the counter closes that day. If the package is redirected, refused, or not collected by that deadline, LOA is voided even though the carrier still has it.
• Opened the same day it's delivered. Mantises left in the package overnight or longer are not covered.
• Claim reported within 24 hours of unboxing, with the required evidence (see 3.3).
• Order is not for an oothecae — egg cases are final sale (see Section 4).

Submit the following within 24 hours of unboxing (and within 30 days of your order) — the unboxing video is required; the photos strengthen your claim and help me resolve it faster:

1. Photos of the sealed shipping box — the carrier label, all visible sides, and any damage or temperature exposure.
2. A continuous, unedited unboxing video — start on the sealed exterior, show every layer opened, end on a clear view of the deceased mantis still inside its original cup.
3. Photos of the deceased mantis inside the unopened cup, showing the entire body.
4. Your order number, name, and a brief note of when the package was delivered and opened.

Submit everything above through the claim form at lobomantis.com/claim — it verifies your order, handles the video upload, and routes the claim straight to me. Claims are filed through the form, not by email.

We review every claim individually. We reserve the right to deny claims that don't meet all the requirements above, or that show evidence of post-arrival handling, tampering, or fraud. Repeated false or exaggerated claims will result in being banned from future purchases.

Oothecae are sold as-is and are final sale.

Oothecae take 6–12 weeks to hatch depending on species and conditions, and outcomes depend heavily on the temperature, humidity, and care provided by the buyer. Because we can't control or verify those conditions, we can't guarantee hatching success.

We sell oothecae from our own breeding colony and ship them when they're viable. Beyond that, the responsibility is yours. New to incubation? Review our care guides at lobomantis.com/care before ordering.

The following are the responsibility of the carrier, not Lobo Mantis, and are not covered by LOA:

• Late deliveries beyond the guaranteed 1-day window.
• Lost, stolen, or misdelivered packages.
• Packages damaged in transit — we pack each mantis with extreme care, but don't control how the carrier handles the box.
• Weather-related delays after the carrier accepts the package.
• Delivery to an incorrect address entered by the customer at checkout.

1. Contact the carrier directly with your tracking number to file a claim.
2. Email us at hello@lobomantis.com so we can document the issue and assist where possible.
3. We provide proof of pickup, packaging photos, and weight documentation to support your carrier claim.

We monitor the forecast for both our origin (Nevada) and your delivery ZIP before every shipment.

We hold the order outright — no service at all — when:

• Severe weather (hurricanes, blizzards, ice storms) forecast to disrupt delivery.
• The carrier has issued a service alert affecting your region.

• We email you to explain what's happening and why.
• If no service is safe (severe weather, a carrier service alert), your order stays held at no extra cost until conditions clear.
• A held order ships as soon as conditions clear, and we notify you when it's on its way.
• We will not sell you a guarantee we can't honor. In extreme temperatures the covered option is overnight service held at a staffed carrier counter, never an unattended doorstep. The cheaper 2-Day service stays available in normal weather and even in extreme heat, but it is not covered by LOA at any temperature — in extreme heat especially, choosing it means you accept the full risk of a dead-on-arrival animal.
• Don't want to wait? Request a cancellation under Section 2 (if no tracking number has been assigned).

By ordering from Lobo Mantis, you accept responsibility for:

• Providing a correct, complete shipping address at checkout.
• Being available to receive the package on the delivery date, or arranging Hold-at-Location pickup.
• Picking up Hold-at-Location packages the same day they're marked ready (by the counter's closing time). The carrier will hold the parcel about 7 days, but our guarantee ends when the counter closes that day — and there's a live animal in the box.
• Opening your package promptly and following the unboxing protocol.
• Capturing the unboxing video before any other action if your mantis appears deceased.
• Reading and following our care guides, and providing appropriate housing, temperature, humidity, and food on arrival.

If you have an issue with your order, email us first at hello@lobomantis.com. We respond within 24 hours and will work with you to resolve it under this policy.

Customers who file fraudulent chargebacks will be banned from future purchases and may be reported to chargeback-fraud databases.

If a package is refused at delivery, or returned to us because you were unavailable or never collected a Hold-at-Location package before the carrier's hold expired (about 7 days — note that LOA itself lapses far earlier, when the pickup counter closes the day it's marked ready, per Section 3.1):

• We cannot guarantee the mantis will survive the return trip.
• No LOA applies and no refund will be issued.
• The order is forfeit.

We cannot reship packages that have been returned to us.

Live Arrival claims are filed through our secure claim form — not by email:

For cancellations, weather holds, and general order questions:

We may update this policy from time to time. The version in effect when you place your order is the version that applies to it.

The current policy is always posted at lobomantis.com/policies/refunds. Please review it before each order.