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  2. 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

  3. 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 :)

  4. 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.

  5. hysteresis

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

     

    1. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      That's awesome!!!!!!

      - MantisGirl13

  6. 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

  7. 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 😊

  8. 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?

     

  9. hysteresis

    Flies..... Flies everywhere....

    😎👍

     

    1. RebelleSinner

      RebelleSinner

      Yes!

  10. 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?! 😍

  11. 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  😉👍

  12. 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

  13. hysteresis

    Noël is calling again.

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

    🤔

  14. hysteresis

    Can't remember if I posted... The mismolt I received didn't make it.

     

    The Molt RepoLt, Mar 11 thru Mar 24. 😥

    Timestamp MANTIS EVENT COMMENT SPECIES
    2019-03-11 PP3 MOLT i5 PHYLLOCRANIA PARADOXA
    2019-03-11 PW3 MOLT i5 PSEUDOCREOBOTRA WAHLBERGII
    2019-03-11 TP2 MOLT i6 TARACHODULA PANTHERINA
    2019-03-12 PW1 MOLT i7 PSEUDOCREOBOTRA WAHLBERGII
    3/13/2019 22:12:07 BM3 MOLT i7 BLEPHAROPSIS MENDICA
    3/14/2019 19:17:59 BM5 MISMOLT i6; LOST ANOTHER LEG, RAPTORIALS STUCK BLEPHAROPSIS MENDICA
    3/14/2019 19:21:41 BM5 EXPIRED EUTHANIZED BLEPHAROPSIS MENDICA
    3/14/2019 20:19:14 DT1 MOLT i7 DEROPLATYS TRUNCATA
    3/15/2019 18:04:51 GG2 MOLT i8 GONGYLUS GONGYLODES
    3/17/2019 21:00:06 PW6 MOLT i5 PSEUDOCREOBOTRA WAHLBERGII
    3/18/2019 19:54:06 HC2 MOLT ADULT HYMENOPUS CORONATUS
    3/20/2019 17:05:17 TP1 MOLT i7 TARACHODULA PANTHERINA
    3/23/2019 3:00:21 PW4 MOLT i6 PSEUDOCREOBOTRA WAHLBERGII
    3/23/2019 17:08:32 HV1 INFERTILE OOTHECA   HIERODULA VENOSA
    3/24/2019 2:13:56 PW5 MOLT i6 PSEUDOCREOBOTRA WAHLBERGII
    3/24/2019 11:39:59 BM4 MOLT i7 BLEPHAROPSIS MENDICA
    1. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      I'm sorry she didn't make it. That's sad. 

      - MantisGirl13

  15. hysteresis

    I MEANT TO POST THIS BEFORE BUT DIDN'T SEND IT.

    UPDATE: I've found that keeping the pupae a bit humid helps them out. I've had four BBF eclose since yesterday.

    First time since getting the spikes. It's be weird. If things go right with light mistings, I expect flies.

    I also have a test set where pupae will sit in a pinch of coco soil to retain a bit of moisture. Kevin from Moonlight Mantids made a video where his pupae are clearly seen sitting in some grain or whatever. He lightly mists them until they eclose.

     

    Two weeks and only 2 BBF, both gimps. 😏

    Someone else in Mantis Keepers on FB said their rainbowmealworms BBF spikes were easy to pupate but long to eclose. Took hers two weeks. Mine just hit two weeks.

    Do these look bad?

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    1. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      Interesting! There is no real way to tell if your pupae are bad other than just waiting, although you could try candling a few.

      - MantisGirl13

    2. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      The pupae are dark. Something inside.

      Im getting 3 or 4 per day from my 2ndish batch.

      Zero from the first which has to be ~3 wks since pupation. 

      I think they need more moisture than initially provided during and  right after pupation. Seems a moistened cotton pad not in contact with, helps. It must be too dry for them to eclose properly.

      Kevin Young / Moonlight posted a BBF care video where his pupa are in some sort of grain media he lightly oversprays.

      My middle batch / moistened is producing a few.

      I have new batches that are pupating slightly warmed and a bit humid. Hopefully those pop.

  16. hysteresis

    Baking twigs for my gongy's mesh cube. Im sure he'll love all the room.

    1. MantisGirl13

      MantisGirl13

      I bet so! I've never had to bake twigs before! Are you sure it's necessary?

      - MantisGirl13

    2. hysteresis

      hysteresis

      I dont think it is, seeing its in a dry environment. I did, and oils rose to the surface. Think I'll hit it with soapy water to cut the oils, rinse it well, and let it dry. Should be fine in a mesh cube. 

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