2 newbie questions

[Midderz]

1)Hello i was wondering what the mantis molting posture looks like and what are the signs of a molt?

2)Is this fruit fly culture any good and how do you no if there flightless Fruit Fly Culture?

Regards Alex

 

[macro junkie]

there ok but they take a long time for the cultures to turn up..i use these..they give u a choice..flightless or wingless..flightless ones are a bit bigger than the wingless. http://www.livefoodsdirect.co.uk/products.asp?dept=1009

 

[matt020593]

Pretty much all the livefood sites sell fruit fly cultures I use this one.

 

[king_frog]

1)Hello i was wondering what the mantis molting posture looks like and what are the signs of a molt?2)Is this fruit fly culture any good and how do you no if there flightless Fruit Fly Culture?

Regards Alex

Typically, when a mantis molts, it won't eat for a few days prior. And it sort of stays still, with it's head tucked between it's arms. Hard to describe really.

 

[Midderz]

Typically, when a mantis molts, it won't eat for a few days prior. And it sort of stays still, with it's head tucked between it's arms. Hard to describe really.

Have you any piccies?

 

[king_frog]

I have pics of it, but not whilst it is in it's 'i'm going to molt' pose.

 

[Moosashi]

after it molts, you'll see the thin papery husk of its skin, mine are always tannish brown, and since my carolina mantids are green, they always look bigger and Turquoise right after they molt, for a few hours, til they darken to green again. They always hang upside down and start to look like an elongated turquoise blob and then they slowly emerge head first, then arms and legs, leaving the old skin hanging.

 

[macro junkie]

 

[Rick]

That's after the molt. I think he wants before pics. They stop eating, tend to slightly swell up a bit and hang with their head kind of between their front legs.

 

[Pelle]

http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=9748