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Male orchid mismolted to adult. Raptor arms and mandibles covered in exoskeleton, wings messed up. Legs are fine, so he may be salvageable, but most likely not able to mate.
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The Ghost Mantids have been outside since Sunday and they are honestly loving it! They camouflage is just so amazing, I'm not at all worried! I just need to find a way to feed them while outside! Haha! (Don't worry, I'm watching the weather for cold nights!) 🙂
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They hatched!!! I’m up to my ears in Tenodera sinensis!!!
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My love is at work today.
So, the Egg Hunt and getting the bird on falls squarely to me.
Kids looked shell-shocked getting up this morning. Well, Cameron did. LoL.
But here they are after completing the egg hunt. It's been rainy (ground is wet and squishy) so the hunt was inside.
Happy Easter Moms and Dads! Happy Easter all!
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Wow! I just realized I've been on this forum for a year and four days now! It seems more like five years!
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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!
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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
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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!
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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.
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I've found this 'Bug Catcher' I bought from the supermarket Highly Useful for the Mantid Game.. Priceless!!
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Buggy grew up overnight!
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Hosting Caleb's 7th BDay party today.
All our mantises dressed to the 9s.
👊🤣
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Wassup? Long time!
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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.
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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!
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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 ❤️
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If everything goes well, ill have two sexed pairs of i4/i5 orchids next week.
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“A girl is Arya Stark of Winterfell, and I’m going home.”
S VI E VIII
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@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! 🤣
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@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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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
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The little things in life ❤....
Like touching a HOT IR emitter with a finger or tender underside of your arm. ❤
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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?
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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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