Recent content by Xenomantis

UPDATE!!! I had given up and figured I'd try again next year. I mostly left the ooth alone, assuming it was dead. Just last night I looked at it, wondering if I should just hang it out in the garden and forget about it. Then, this morning, I happened to glance at it. OMG!!! TONS OF MANTIS...

Still no sign of nymphs... :( I'm starting to wonder if the ooth is infertile...

Is that just artifacts or is something on the stick moving? O_O?

AGHHHH! :x I did not need that image... Well, at least you know he'll at least try to breed... ^^; I had one who could've cared less about the female (yes, they were both adults, well-fed, and I tried a few weeks after their last molt). All he did was eat crickets and stay out of her way. XD

I'd love to see more people do this with their mantids and ooths. :D I would, but I don't have a webcam... :(

Awesome! Mantis-cam! *watching* Somebody just moved the light around... XD Seriously, though, I wonder if you'll capture any unusual behavior with this. I mean, isn't this the perfect chance to get some footage without humans being around and influencing behaviour? :) Great idea, Jacksun! :D

ROTFL! That's great!!! XD

Not the best solution, but good for emergencies. The Cultures at my nearby Petco are large and filled with live fffs. I'm planning on using them to make a new culture.

This is awesome! Has anyone actually experimented to see if they could influence a color shift? Was anyone successful?

Katnapper is right about holding it to your mantids' mouths. If you hold the food steady to their mouths, they should start chewing out of instinct, if nothing else. If they ARE hungry, they'll most often grab it after learning that it's edible. I had to do this the first time I fed my first...

Thanks guys! This has really helped me out! :D

That's so cool! I wonder how they do it... Thanks for the responses guys! :D

I prefer live food for my own mantids, personally. It seems, at least to me, to be alot less risky bacteria-wise.

I was aware of the cannibalism issue, but I have the space for more than one terrarium/vivarium/enclosure. What I'm really wondering about too, is the type of enclosure I should use if I'd like them to have more space than average. Butterfly cage, plastic container, or adapted aquarium? Or...

I was reading another post when the topic of inducing color adaption came up. How do you do this, and what species most often adapt? Does anyone have examples? Does anyone know how it happens? Sorry, just curious. :)