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  2. MantisGirl13

    Wow! I just realized I've been on this forum for a year and four days now! It seems more like five years!

    - MantisGirl13

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    2. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      😜👌 Oyyyy

    3. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      ??

      - MantisGirl13

    4. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      Nothing. LoL. 

  3. MantisGirl13

    I'm bored... Sitting and watching a mounted but not mating pair of spinys is really boring. Especially when the male isn't even attempting a connection!

    -MantisGirl13

    1. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      I should be there in a month or two myself. Sit and wait is great compared to what I'm used to these days.

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  6. RebelleSinner

    I deleted some pics but alas I’m still at my limit lol one of the baby ghosts (Sienna) has the most striking coloring and I wanted to share lol

    1. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      Download the pics on photobucket or imgur and you can post them on here.

      - MantisGirl13

    2. RebelleSinner

      RebelleSinner

      Ty for the tip 

  7. MantisGirl13

    Bummer. I had a male majuscula in the mail ready for my female, and right before she gets here she gets weak and is dying. She won't move her mandible so I can't feed her anything. 

    The male is here now, but the female is on her way out.

    There goes my only chance to breed!

    - MantisGirl13

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    2. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      The male is adorable though! I'm still bummed about the girl. 

      - MantisGirl13

    3. Bentis

      Bentis

      Sorry to hear about that.  Murphy's law in action.

    4. Graceface

      Graceface

      Oh, that's a bummer. So sorry about your female

  8. luckylady1744

    I was so sorry to read this. I hope Curly will find a mate very soon. He may live for another month or two for you.

    Good luck on the search.

     

  9. Foxhill

    I've found this 'Bug Catcher' I bought from the supermarket Highly Useful for the Mantid Game.. Priceless!!

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    1. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      Cool! How does it work?

      - MantisGirl13

  10. RebelleSinner

    Buggy grew up overnight!

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    1. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      Yay! Congrats on the molt!

      - MantisGirl13

    2. RebelleSinner

      RebelleSinner

      Ty! Leafy followed her up last night too lol it’s very exciting around here I’ve got adults popping up all over and my baby ghosts are now big enough to easily photo and sex! 

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  14. hysteresis

    Hosting Caleb's 7th BDay party today.

    All our mantises dressed to the 9s.

    👊🤣

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    2. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      8 kids came throught this here shizzy. In typical Chris fashion, I gutloaded them up with orange crush, chocolate, candy, and ice cream. I shook em up, then sent them home. 👊🤣

    3. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      He loeoeoeoeves the dark side. 🙄

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      He's right into Cthulhu now.

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    4. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      Aww, he so cute! Looks like you had fun! (And a TON of hyper kids)

      - MantisGirl13

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  19. hysteresis

    @omar morsy, @Aristalochia...

    Wassup? Long time!

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    2. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      The frills on their backs. If theyre wide, with fringy margin along the sides are female. Less wide and not so much of a fringy margin along the sides are male.

      Wide crowns with maybe one kink are females. Narrower crowns with a more pronounced kink and/or maybe two kinks are male.

    3. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      Glad to see you respond, brother.

      👊😎

       

    4. omar morsy

      omar morsy

      Thanx man this is a huge help! As always! 

       

      If ever you visit Montreal please let me know :)

  20. hysteresis

    Nice to see pupae from a 'new cup' eclosing. To me, this means my process is becoming more reliable. If so, I should see it pop strong this weekend sometime.

    1. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      Wow. Woke up to a fly boom.

      Good times. Good times! 

    2. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      Holy!   Boom is an understatement. If this keeps up, ill have a good hundred or more by days end. Ill be sure to stagger the pupae from my next cups.

      Good thing I can refrigerate flies. Most of my mantises are FULL.

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  24. MantisGirl13

    Sick AGAIN!! I think I've been sick more times this winter than any other winter. Just a cold this time, but I've had a headache all day and am really tired. 

    I fed most of the mantids today, and I think my G. African female will molt soon because she would not accept food no matter how hard I tried!

    - MantisGirl13

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    2. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      Ya, we're supposed to have nice weather tomorrow. I'll be inside mating mantids though.

      - MantisGirl13

    3. RebelleSinner

      RebelleSinner

      Hope you’re feeling better 

    4. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      I am, thanks!

      - MantisGirl13

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  27. Graceface

    Bellatrix went to the big terrarium in the sky today 😭 She was my favorite Ghost, my lil green bug eating machine. I woke to find her barely hanging from the tulle in her enclosure. I tried to give her some water or honey, but she was pretty far gone and was just striking at things out of instinct. I held her and thanked her for being my friend, then put her in the freezer. 

    R.I.P Bellatrix: you were a special lady and a great mantis

    She laid 7 oothecca and lived 4 months as an adult ❤️

     

    1. RebelleSinner

      RebelleSinner

      Wow that’s amazing! Condolences about your awesome friend 

    2. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      RIP Bellatrix! She had a good life. Sorry for your loss!

      - MantisGirl13

    3. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      Aww. Im sorry, Grace. 😔

  28. hysteresis

    If everything goes well, ill have two sexed pairs of i4/i5 orchids next week.

     

    1. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      That's awesome!!!!!!

      - MantisGirl13

  29. hysteresis

    “A girl is Arya Stark of Winterfell, and I’m going home.” 

    S VI   E VIII

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    2. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      @Charoozz520 very.

      And yes, I have the tshirt with Tyrion's line.

      Im 49 and when my Mom and Dad see me wearing that tshirt, they get mad! 🤣

    3. Charoozz520

      Charoozz520

      :D @hysteresis  it's an amazing show, I actually read all 5 books before/during the beginning of the show and was obsessed with it through college, have multiple shirts myself and even...my college dorm door was covered:

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    4. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      Yeh Ive listened to the audiobooks several times right through. Too bad he hasnt finished the books.

      Another series I love is The Dark Tower by Stephen King

  30. MantisGirl13

    Well, I thought my orchid gal was subadult because she was L7 and Graceface said that female orchids are adult at L8, but it turns out she molted again (to sub this time) and she is HUGE! Pictures to come.I

    - MantisGirl13

  31. hysteresis

    The little things in life ❤....

    Like touching a HOT IR emitter with a finger or tender underside of your arm. ❤

    😵

    1. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      Ouch! Are you ok?

      - MantisGirl13

    2. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      Yeh. Battle scars with hot sp.

      Im just a whiny baby. 🤣

      Thx 😊

  32. hysteresis

    My spikes are hitting 4 to 5 weeks, and ill be tapping into the last 250 of 1000. This weekend. I figure I have fed at least 300 spikes by hand (not really by hand  as with most, I just laid spikes out and the mantises just pluck them up).

    I figure ive mismanaged about 250 spikes experimenting. Oh well. Theyd have died as prey anyway. LoL.

    I have about 250 in process currently. So far, pupates are eclosing in 1 to 2 weeks at room temperature. Light misting is a must for me here or they just dry out.

    Hopefully the last batch still produces. I took the last cup out for warmth and air, and theyre still wiggling with vigor.

    Should I feed these spikes some mush, or pupate them all at once? Or keep batching them out in cups?

     

  33. RebelleSinner

    Leafy munching some Dubia 

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    1. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      Yum! Nom nom 😛

      - MantisGirl13

  34. hysteresis

    Flies..... Flies everywhere....

    😎👍

     

    1. RebelleSinner

      RebelleSinner

      Yes!

  35. hysteresis

    Ahhhh. Remember Lola Religiosa?

    I'll be taking her ooth out of diapause soon. Hopefully it turns out to be fertile. Even if just a few nymphs drop, my heart will soar!

    Buncha lil' Lolas scurrying after springtails and melanogasters in a deli cup?! 😍

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  38. hysteresis

    What kind of animal is this?

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    2. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      LooooooL.

      Costumus mathematica prefers Android. ✌😉

    3. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      Lol :lol:

      What's the difference?!

      - MantisGirl13

    4. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      Yeh  😉👍

  39. hysteresis

    I am finally starting to enjoy some success with BBFs. :D

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    2. Graceface

      Graceface

      I bet your Ghosts would love BBFs

    3. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      Ill try. A dozen and a half eclosed today. (So far)

      I did throw one in with my i6 greenie. Still in there.

      They normally take quarter pins.

      Very exciting 😁👍

    4. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      Oh yeah, she'll tackle it eventually! Even the L5s should!

      - MantisGirl13

  40. MantisGirl13

    What a day! It's barely started! My sister was sick yesterday, and my mom got sick too. I woke up to my brother throwing up, my mom too sick to get out of bed for more than 5 mins, and my dad sick and sleeping. This means that only me and my youngest sister are healthy right now. I have to get her on the bus and somehow avoid getting sick for the next few days. Ugh!

    - MantisGirl13

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    2. RebelleSinner

      RebelleSinner

      Oh wow Duck! Hope you don’t catch the cootie 

    3. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      Well, I'm still feeling ok. My family is slowly feeling better and better, but it is still a slow day at our house this morning!

      - MantisGirl13

    4. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      A big GET WELL to all. 😊

  41. RebelleSinner

    Buggy’s cute little sub wings 🖤

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    1. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      Very cute! ❤

    2. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      So pretty!

      - MantisGirl13

  42. hysteresis

    Noël is calling again.

    Soon my orchids will be calling too. I sure could use a pair of orchid subadult males.

    🤔

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