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Peacock Mantis time between molts?
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<blockquote data-quote="ohaple" data-source="post: 322126" data-attributes="member: 11034"><p>I have seen guides for some species for length between molts. We are concerned we are messing up something with our peacock mantis' care causing a delayed molt. It is a male L5, was shipped October 1, arrived October 4. It has not molted in shipping or in our care, meaning at least 30 days since last molt. Our L5 (now L7) giant rainforest has already molted twice.</p><p></p><p>When he was with his previous owner (October 4-13ish) he had a constant supply of blue bottle flies. There were always at least 2 live flies in the enclosure for him to eat. Apparently he ate a lot for the first few days then stopped eating. When we got him about October 13, he would not eat. We finally were about to get him to take a mealworm about a week later, which he ate all of. Unlike our other mantises his abdomen stays very round for a long time. There has been no visible change in the shape of his abdomen since his last feeding. We have tried feeding him again but he will not take any food. His enclosure is kept at 80F in the center, about 85F towards the bottom, and closer to 75F at the top, using a heat mat.</p><p></p><p>Is this species just slower to molt? Is his development being slowed by some factor like hunger or heat? We are a little concerned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ohaple, post: 322126, member: 11034"] I have seen guides for some species for length between molts. We are concerned we are messing up something with our peacock mantis' care causing a delayed molt. It is a male L5, was shipped October 1, arrived October 4. It has not molted in shipping or in our care, meaning at least 30 days since last molt. Our L5 (now L7) giant rainforest has already molted twice. When he was with his previous owner (October 4-13ish) he had a constant supply of blue bottle flies. There were always at least 2 live flies in the enclosure for him to eat. Apparently he ate a lot for the first few days then stopped eating. When we got him about October 13, he would not eat. We finally were about to get him to take a mealworm about a week later, which he ate all of. Unlike our other mantises his abdomen stays very round for a long time. There has been no visible change in the shape of his abdomen since his last feeding. We have tried feeding him again but he will not take any food. His enclosure is kept at 80F in the center, about 85F towards the bottom, and closer to 75F at the top, using a heat mat. Is this species just slower to molt? Is his development being slowed by some factor like hunger or heat? We are a little concerned. [/QUOTE]
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