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Coming soon.... more blephs, and some pantherinas! 😍
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Busy day here today! Yesterday I spent a few hours cleaning cages and moving mantids and ooths to bigger cages for molting, hatching, etc. I'm so glad I did all that yesterday, because I had one of the ooths (G. amoena) hatch out today (2 nymphs so far).
One of the ghosts molted to subadult! She is so pretty! (Pictures coming)
I also fed my green anoles and finally got the picky eater to eat a mealworm.
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Gustav finally molted to adult last night. Came home from work to find him with wings. It's about time! Now, if only Arthur would take a cue from his brother 😊
Utah is still hanging and looking molty, so she will hopefully molt today. I also have a female orchid who is about to molt to subadult, and is looking ready to molt any second. Hopefully, she will molt tonight, too.
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Bellatrix is also currently laying her 3rd infertile oothecca! Went to check on Gustav and found her mid lay 😊
The recipe is simple @hysteresis but the execution of the instructions... Not so much. I wish these bugs would comply with my demands and just make babies already! 😂
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It was a good morning in the mantis household! Iris ate her first real meal after molting which was a good sized dubia! She is a one armed wonder!😊 ButterRum-Verde also had a roach which I was surprised about. Her wings are in the prepuff stage and I guess only the mantis keepers of a long time would understand that idea, but I'm trying to fatten her up before she stops eating! Mocha demolished two flies today and it was so impressive! Haha! Love them!
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They have arrived! My kiddos are gonna be super excited when I get them from school
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Still no connection with Xena and any male.
I have 4 adult male Orchids, though I'm shocked Domenic is still alive. He has lost a leg from age (he lost the tarsi first, then the rest) and only rarely eats, but is still kicking. I haven't been trying him as a breeder, thinking he is too old, but idk I'm new to breeding!
Utah is due to molt to adult any day now, and I have 3 more subs right behind her, a presub, and 2 L5s. So, soon I will have a whole slew of adult female Orchids!
Impatiently waiting for Arthur and Gustav, the male Ghosts, to molt to adult. It's been almost 8 weeks since they hit sub. Declan should also molt to adult soon
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Still waiting on a molt from Ms. Leafy but so far she just keeps getting bigger
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Pants also had a great molt 👍
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Buggy had another molt
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Nothing Fancy just set it to negative on my editor and it came out like this plus sharpen . looks a bit sci fi hey
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Say NO to mantises this afternoon.
Movie outing: Ralph Breaks the Internet.
Family Day holiday, in Ontario, Canada.
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Kris02 joined the community
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How did you do this?
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Im glad I bought the kids a PS4, because keeping mantids is long, hard work! 🤣
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We have an adult Iris!! She's gorgeous! Pictures will come soon!
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It’s party day!!!!
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I decided to only post molt updates weekly now, but i'll make exception on one because i'm so stoked. One of my R. megaera males just molted to what I believe is i7. You can REALLY see the size difference in molts with this one. And I suspect it'll continue to be so until he's an adult. I was just wrapping up for the night and saw he'd molted. So exciting!
Sorry for the spotty cup. Nonetheless, one can see the growth after the molt.
This will be his last instar spent in a deli cup.
This one with flash. I suppose we should see his shield become more and more prominent with each remaining molt. One can see a back leg has a curve to it. He completed the molt successfully though. It won't be an issue through his instar, i'm sure.
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My golden Noël is doing funny stuff with her butt. Guess she's looking for love. 🤣
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I'm trying to find a mantis for a new keeper... and probably myself, of course. 😁 If anyone has any available species (except ghosts/orchids), please message me.
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Just ordered 5 more mantids; one for my nephew (the Chinese mantis I got him died from the thunder dome style shipping method) the spiny flower he originally requested is back in stock at my preferred place plus a couple more ghost mantis because my 5 year old just loves them. Well also keep 2 more nymph spinys besides the one that will be swapped for Spots. Spots is gonna leave with my nephew this weekend since the order won’t arrive in time BUT STILL lol Birthday crises averted! Winning? I think so lol
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Spots had a molt over night!
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