Recent content by Termite48

Keep incubating the ooth and you may get some to hatch that are alive and well. It is worth it to wait.

That is not the correct incubation time for an Orchid ooth. If she layed the ooth on 10-15 and one nymph hatched on the 19th of Nov. this is not long enough. Someone else with more recent experience can verify, but a more appropraite incubation time is about 62 days. So the remaining ooth...

Congrats on getting this beatiful species to the final stage. The pics are awesome. Keep up the good work.

I thought a made a deal ( breeding arrangment) for an older adult female Hymenopus coronatus, but that is just it, I thought, Now with a fresh adult male on the way, I need to make him happy, If anyone has an extra and would like to have someone breed his different stock male and get some...

I saw this on youtube.com:

Has anyone an extra adult Orchid male for sale, lease, loan, use, whatever works? Please PM me.

I recently received an adult male mantid to mate to my ready female. It did not work out, as my female was not receptive. In the whole effort to get my female mated, Sally was a great help and is just an awesome person all the way around. She is one in a million as far as I can tell. I...

I recently sent my mature Orchid female to Wlodek for mating. She did well in the travel, but she was ailing before and after arrival. Wlodek did his best to get her to revive to good health and even tried to mate her. She did not make it, and I was saddened. Wlodek was a comfort to me and...

These are very nice pics of your adult female. Good luck with her.

Welcome from Los Angeles County. You are off to a good start. There are many helpful hints for beginners in the archives of this site. Just search for your answers. I am sure they are all there. Rich Sekerman Carson, CA

I am willing to purchase, or rent such a mantid to service my one presently ready female. She has laid seven oothecae waiting to be mated and the prospects are slow in molting. Please help. I will pay all costs, of course and send you some nymphs later. Thanks, Rich

You did a good job providing them a nice environment to molt safely, preserved the image and posted to share. Thanks!

For sure this recognition thing is possible. This nice trait exists in some pet fish like Goldfish and Bettas. It is more obvious and easy to witness if you have only a few mantids, you handle them, and allow them outside the cage privileges.

Now if you can provide a large drop of water placed where she can get to it, she will drink from it if she needs more hydration. Mine does this readily almost every day. Since she will not eat at this time, she can still flush her internal organs.

She looks great otherwise. I think that this sometimes happens with moisture and temperature being the varients.