Thanks man
Oh really, you should keep them together from the beginning huh, that does make sense.
20 seems like a lot to me lol, i have 2 females and 3 males. My first female just reached adulthood, I'm stoked
Lol nice
Yeah, I was trying to see how theyd react together, it was okay at first but then that happened.
That was Heterodox, but it is very strange eh??
Yeah, oothecae are usually laid before Winter, then hatch in Spring. The eggs inside are dormant during the Winter. A couple years ago I collected a bunch of oothecae during the Winter, it's easiest to spot them then! They are always fertile it seems!
The L4 Griffin is male after all! Counted 8 segments. So finally I can name him... Peter!! Hahaha... Peter Griffin! Had to. If I get a female, I wanna name her Lois!
And then sad news... Octber 24th, Zeltor passed away. I put the Heterochaeta together, and Amico got ahold of her abdomen. It...
October 19th
The Polyspilota griffinii reached L4! Still can't tell the ***, I need to feed him/her before taking a photo so the little one stays still enough for a good photo of the segments lol. According to the antennae I'm guessing male, but not positive yet so I don't wanna jump the gun...
I thought it was the other way around, that agrionina are the darker ones? Where'd you get your info? Sorry for being difficult, lol, I'm just curious.
I haven't removed it yet, but I hope it won't ruin the screen lol. I might have to replace it if there's some left over ooth on it. It is easier to collect though, when it comes to the ooth itself. Yes, soon we will find out. Or at least, eventually. I do hope it hatches! Oh that's interesting...
October 16th
Heterodox (male Idolo, Lawless' replacement, that I got from Mikhail) reached sub-adulthood (L7)! It was a very nerve-wracking moment for me, as Lawless had to be put down after mis-molting on this molt (due to the issues from his previous molt; the loss of the walking hairs...
She does have sticks in her enclosure, she still did lay it on the screen of her container lol, as close as she could get it to the heat lamp. Typical. She really took a long time to lay, I've never witnessed this sort of thing before. I read somewhere that male religiosa NEED to be beheaded for...
They can see very well, I read that it's up to 60 feet, which seems to be true, I see them following cars with their eyes when they're in the window, when cars are way on the street, which is I'd say about 60 feet give or take a foot or so.
October 11th
Another Idolo reached L3, #1:
Just waiting on the male now. I'm feeding him less so that he will reach adulthood around the same time as the females. Males have one less molt and it takes 1-2 months for females to reach adulthood when sub-adults. So I want him to be 1-2 molts...
I don't doubt that mantids become excited when seeing us. Mine always become excited when they see me. I don't think it's an emotional thing on their part, but I do think that they are stimulated by movement, especially from us, because we are so large and look good to climb on! And so they want...