2009 I. oratoria incubation info

[Ntsees]

So what are you testing? Inbreeding? And mind telling what trait you're looking for?

I'm trying to produce an oratoria that has a physical trait that is rarely seen (I think it's rarely seen unless someone can show me a population of it) in Iris oratoria. I'm trying to breed an Iris oratoria that has a black mark/spot under it's forelegs like how a Mantis religiosa has the eye under it's forelegs. The only person that has ever encountered that physical trait on an Iris oratoria was Joossa (member on the forum).

In regards to imbreeding, my mantids are WAY WAY inbred, but they still seem to be doing fine.

Another pointless trait I'm trying to breed is for the females of the oratoria to have long wings. And what I mean is not a short abdomen where it makes it look like the wings are long. Yeah, I know it's crazy because no oratoria females have long wings. Still I hope to own or see one someday. I'll be like hitting the Jackpot because it's almost impossible.

 

[MantidLord]

I'm trying to produce an oratoria that has a physical trait that is rarely seen (I think it's rarely seen unless someone can show me a population of it) in Iris oratoria. I'm trying to breed an Iris oratoria that has a black mark/spot under it's forelegs like how a Mantis religiosa has the eye under it's forelegs. The only person that has ever encountered that physical trait on an Iris oratoria was Joossa (member on the forum).In regards to imbreeding, my mantids are WAY WAY inbred, but they still seem to be doing fine.

Interesting. So your crossbreeding attempt to gain that phenotype failed so youre trying to selectively breed it into your population. And I had a male who had the insides of his forearm black. Not a black spot, but just all black on the inside. I did mate him, but I didn't really think anything of it. Good luck.