Yeah?? she IS pretty awesome! haha. I wish too, they seem to be impossible to come by! And heck you know id have given you an entire ooth, forget one xDVates is definitely one of the favorite species of mine that you've owned thus far... She's a beautiful little thing. Really wish we could get you a mate to keep her going for generations, id love to have one of her offspring.
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Cool thread bro! I wish I could find Chinese mantids like you, I've found only 6 in my whole life, and didnt keep all of them but a couple laid ooths that were fertile, one was infertile and she died afterwards.
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It seems like you rarely see them in culture? I heard they're a challenge to breed. And I assume, not very easy to find in the wild either.
Thanks! I found theyre mostly found in areas in view of the sun. Mantids are drawn to the sun so lay their ooths in it. I find mine on the outskirts of woods, right in the sun. I used to live in the city so when I moved, they were the first wild ones I'd ever seen! thats cool that you got some fertile ooths! sorry about the death of the infertile one though.
Ikr? Id kill for a male but theyre impossible to find. Nobody has them anywhere.
I wish I could take on that breeding challenge... I can imagine theyre not easy to find in the wild. So, we've got, "Texas"... Lol Texas is huge. X)Next was Kaz, my Stagmomantis carolina! He was a gift from LAME. I was quite shocked... He sent Kaz to me for free, when we only just started talking! I appreciated that generosity.
Kaz molted once in Nate's presence.
Here is Kaz when LAME first found him.
Here is Kaz after his first molt with LAME, bringing him to sub-adulthood. He took on the color and design of the stick!
Here's when I first received Kaz! I fed him a spider.
Kaz cleaning. I kept Kaz surrounded by blue, to see if he'd take on the colors. By the end of it, it indeed seemed that he did!
Kaz being awesome.
Kaz eating a moth.
Kaz as an adult. He was so small!
Adult, looking head on.
And Kaz with blue! I did reduce the whiteness so it'd be easier to see.
Kaz molted once in Nate's presence.
Here is Kaz when LAME first found him.
Here is Kaz after his first molt with LAME, bringing him to sub-adulthood. He took on the color and design of the stick!
Here's when I first received Kaz! I fed him a spider.
Kaz cleaning. I kept Kaz surrounded by blue, to see if he'd take on the colors. By the end of it, it indeed seemed that he did!
Kaz being awesome.
Kaz eating a moth.
Kaz as an adult. He was so small!
Adult, looking head on.
And Kaz with blue! I did reduce the whiteness so it'd be easier to see.
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If the Texas unicorn is hard to find, maybe I should do some ooth hunting. I live in North Texas. From that I've seen in pictures the Texas Unicorn ooth is really small, I wonder how many nymphs one can expect from the ooths. Is it possible that they're not very prolific?
Having bred my two Deroplatys lobata, Platysil and Dertor, Platysil ended up of course laying an ootheca. It hatched in 37 days.
There were 44 nymphs -- I sold most, and kept the mismolted. 3 of the 6 mismolties lived; Rezz, who is now at L6. Lil B, who just molted to L6 a few days ago. And Brexta, who is very slow, and is still at L4! They've all got male reproductive organs.
Rezz had funky claws which fixed once he molted to L3. One of the three that died, died because he got stuck in the exuvia, because his claws wouldnt straighten out. The exuvia got caught up on them, preventing him from being able to pull his arms and head out of the exuvia. I did remove the exuvia ever so carefully (which was especially hard to do at his mouth area). But hed lost a couple legs and fell, and unfortunately didn't survive. Brexta and Lil B had hardened claws too, and I was afraid that theyd meet the same fate. I snipped their claws off, and they made no reaction -- it seemed the claws were dead (most likely due to lack of circulation). Both their claws grew back with the next molt. Lil B had his second molt since the incident and his claws are fully grown now and fully functional. Brexta's claws are still a bit small but are useable. Brexta is also growing back a leg.
Rezz:
L3:
L6:
Lil B:
L2:
L5:
Brexta:
L2:
L4:
Platysil's 2nd ootheca I sent to LAME. It hatched in 41 days.
Platysil's 3rd ooth Ive been incubating and is being sent to bobericc for some Heterochaeta sp. And a bonus!
There were 44 nymphs -- I sold most, and kept the mismolted. 3 of the 6 mismolties lived; Rezz, who is now at L6. Lil B, who just molted to L6 a few days ago. And Brexta, who is very slow, and is still at L4! They've all got male reproductive organs.
Rezz had funky claws which fixed once he molted to L3. One of the three that died, died because he got stuck in the exuvia, because his claws wouldnt straighten out. The exuvia got caught up on them, preventing him from being able to pull his arms and head out of the exuvia. I did remove the exuvia ever so carefully (which was especially hard to do at his mouth area). But hed lost a couple legs and fell, and unfortunately didn't survive. Brexta and Lil B had hardened claws too, and I was afraid that theyd meet the same fate. I snipped their claws off, and they made no reaction -- it seemed the claws were dead (most likely due to lack of circulation). Both their claws grew back with the next molt. Lil B had his second molt since the incident and his claws are fully grown now and fully functional. Brexta's claws are still a bit small but are useable. Brexta is also growing back a leg.
Rezz:
L3:
L6:
Lil B:
L2:
L5:
Brexta:
L2:
L4:
Platysil's 2nd ootheca I sent to LAME. It hatched in 41 days.
Platysil's 3rd ooth Ive been incubating and is being sent to bobericc for some Heterochaeta sp. And a bonus!
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Wow man, I had no idea you were a surgeon. ^_^
Ive liked too much tonight, cant like this post youve made haha, but yeah! im a surgeon fo sho loool
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You go Platysil! Let's see more of her. I love the pics of her with her babies.
April 21st 2015
I received 10 Heterochaeta sp. plus a Heterochaeta ootheca from bobericc, a member here! They're at L1 currently.
Here's one cleaning:
Here's the home (hand-made, using a bin and screen I bought off eBay. Some fake plants and baked soil and sticks and leaves.):
And here's a video... I've immediately realized that this is a very sensitive species, they scare easily, and as you can see here, the nymph is trying to flatten out against my finger. Against a stick, this would be very effective in camoflauging the mantid. They are an awesome species! I can't wait to watch them grow.
I received 10 Heterochaeta sp. plus a Heterochaeta ootheca from bobericc, a member here! They're at L1 currently.
Here's one cleaning:
Here's the home (hand-made, using a bin and screen I bought off eBay. Some fake plants and baked soil and sticks and leaves.):
And here's a video... I've immediately realized that this is a very sensitive species, they scare easily, and as you can see here, the nymph is trying to flatten out against my finger. Against a stick, this would be very effective in camoflauging the mantid. They are an awesome species! I can't wait to watch them grow.
