Alalomantis muta IGM 132

[tier]

Hi

The females are around two weeks adult now. I put my two males with one of the two females and one of them is doing his job right now. The other one has been seperated to his cage.

 

[cloud jaguar]

hmm we call the developing mantids nymphs larvea is not part of the mantis life cycle

Massman, what do you think "L1, L2, L7" etc. stand for? >>>> larvenstadium = larval stage.

 

[hibiscusmile]

These are very nice Tier, are they the size of the giant asians? they look a bit like them.

 

[Morpheus uk]

You should be calling them instars

Its not more of a mouthful, you could even say I6, makes more sence, we dont describe measurements of anything else in another language do we

 

[tier]

Hi

No, they are much smaller than Hierodula membranacea. As you can see in the picture with the mating pair, both sexes reach same sizes, both about 6 or 6.5 cm in total lenght.

I do not care how to call them, sometimes I use the term instars, sometimes nymphs, and sometimes larvae. But, in contrast to others, I know that the correct term is larvae. Ehrmann is discussing the problem with these terms when it comes to mantids, and he has given about 50 reasons why larvae is the best fitting terminus. I will not translate this part as it is very difficult, even for zoologists.

I do not want my Alalomantis photo thread to become a discussion about the correct terms, please.

Regards

 

[tier]

Hi

I found an angry girl today. Here is a quick shot.



regards

 

[MantidLord]

HiI found an angry girl today. Here is a quick shot.



regards

Wow, they remind me so much of M. religiosa. Awesome pics.

 

[Gurd]

She doesn't look very happy

Great pic mate

 

[tier]

Hi

Yes, the thread pose really reminds of M. religiosa. But the shape is much like H. membranacea, as hibiscusmile already pointed out. Only the colour is a little different, a little more yellow even in the green morphs.

Well, actually it seems I mated them too early. Now, after being adult for about four weeks, they started pheromone release and don't want to lay an ooth. Luckily, the males are still alive. Both femlales could be mated agian.

Here is a shoot of both males on one female:



regards

Ah, it seems the Sphodromantis sp. are still sold as Alalomantis coxalis: Someone is offering them here in the forum.

 

[tier]

Hi all

Yesterday the first female layed her first ooth. This means they are ready about 5-6 weeks after the final molting. It seems mating the females before they are adult at least for five weeks will not work. In a few days, the second girl should lay her first ooth, as she molted adult a few days after the first girl.







I have a third adult female, molted about one week ago. If one of the two males will live for another 5 weeks, it all should end up with three mated females

regards

 

[ismart]

Awsome! Hope your males last long enough to mate your third female.

 

[tier]

Thanks a lot. And congratulations to your post number one thousand!

 

[ismart]

Thanks a lot. And congratulations to your post number one thousand!

:lol: Didn't even notice that! Thanks! :lol:

 

[tier]

Hi

The ladies are still alive and laying ooth. I wonder how the hatch rates of these will be The first ooth contained about 90-100 nymphs each, these are now the 7.th ooth of each female I guess.



regards

 

[Katnapper]

Congrats, Tier, on the many successive ooths. I hope they will all hatch well for you.

 

[tier]

I hope they will all hatch well for you.

Thanks a lot. I just could photograph some fresh L1's, hatching today. This was the fith or maybe sixth ooth of one of the girls, and the hatch rates are still good. They hatch out as green as spring ;-)

regards

 

[ismart]

What a pretty green!