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Pretty Golden Girl! :)

Love the photos of your L3 PW!

Excellent work!!! :clap:

Any idea if it's a boy or a girl?

Thanks for the help - I thought it might be L4 but wasn't sure, it has shed twice since I got it.

"Very cute. None of my bipapilla are that big yet." In all fairness, it wasn't that big of a superworm, maybe half-grown. What amazes me is that she once ate a decapitated superworm that was fully 1/3 her size, got big and fat, and looked skinny the next morning. Head to rear she is about...

Have a GREAT Birthday Yen!

My Hiero. bipapilla munching a superworm yesterday:

I have my first P. wahlbergii - and I really want more! (hint hint) I think it is around L3 and with my lousy vision lately I thought it was mostly black/dark with a little white. Imagine my surprise when I took pictures yesterday!

Looks like a boy to me! There is a good chance that he will re-grow part, or all, of the missing leg before adulthood.

Awesome new species and spectacular photography (as always)!

Very pretty mantis, well photographed! I know the crickets are not your favorite thing, but if you can feed the crickets good food (fruits, vegetables) for a couple of days before feeding them to your mantis, they are better food for your mantis.

Nothing to worry about - those pics came out great! Do you have a female or 2 to keep your male company?

Great pics!

Hi Tamarin - I've been raising 3 species - Orchids, Ghosts, and Creos - and I am seeing my original mantises through breeding and old age. I did my 'special offer' and now I am down to my remaining 5 'originals'.

Special offer accepted - thank you A! :)

Hi - I have a special offer for other Floridians only, please write/message me for details. Bill

I put her in the freezer last night. Although generally she seemed OK, the ruptured side had leaked some more and she wasn't going to recover. Her sisters are eating and drinking and getting ready to lay more eggs.

I've only lost 1 male in about 2 dozen matings: I raised 3 Orchids from L2 to adult and ended up with 2 males and a HUGE female. The males matured first and I kept them 5+ degrees cooler and only fed them 1 BB twice a week (and lots of water). The female finally matured about 5 weeks later, I...

Ruaumoko - these are really tiny little green smears, nothing close to even the thickness/diameter of a normal ooth. I'd be amazed if there was an egg in there and if there was, it would probably suffocate in the solid 'putty'. She's still walking around acting normal, I haven't 'euth'd' her yet.