Alexander's Mantids: 2012 - Present

[LAME]

Sweet updates man, love GriM's new photo!

Also glad to see I had the right age on her ^_^

Sorry to hear about the Chinese nymph though.

 

[MantidBro]

Sweet updates man, love GriM's new photo!

Also glad to see I had the right age on her ^_^

Sorry to hear about the Chinese nymph though.

Thanks! She was posin for me haha good goin with the age!

Yeah me too, one of the easiest species but they keep dyin on me. Well at least Supermantis is goin strong!

 

[Sticky]

Mantidbro, Im so sorry the sinensis died!

 

[MantidBro]

Mantidbro, Im so sorry the sinensis died!

Me too, thank you

 

[Sticky]

Would you like a replacement?

 

[MantidBro]

Would you like a replacement?

For how much?

 

[dmina]

Great updates.. sorry about your loss... I can't seem to raise a Chinese to adulthood for the life of me?? Pics are great.. keep us updated... thanks for sharing!

 

[MantidBro]

Great updates.. sorry about your loss... I can't seem to raise a Chinese to adulthood for the life of me?? Pics are great.. keep us updated... thanks for sharing!

Thanks x2 and wow why are they so difficult lol, theyre supposed to be easy! Ill definitely keep everyone updated. you do the same! Youre welcome

 

[Sticky]

Just priority shipping.

 

[CosbyArt]

Nice updates, I agree the Pnigomantis take a long time (I have one at L8 now) but so do the lobota - my girl took till L9 to get her wings

Sorry to hear your nymph didn't make it, I have had that problem too many times recently (6 actually...). Seems the high death rates catch up at times, a downside of the hobby to be sure.

 

[LAME]

The Chinese get heavy like idolos ... Unfortunately. T sin is still my most favorite species

 

[MantidBro]

Nice updates, I agree the Pnigomantis take a long time (I have one at L8 now) but so do the lobota - my girl took till L9 to get her wings

Sorry to hear your nymph didn't make it, I have had that problem too many times recently (6 actually...). Seems the high death rates catch up at times, a downside of the hobby to be sure.

Yeah my lobata females did too, lol. The males had one less molt though.

Sorry for your losses. Yeah I guess so! It's unfortunate but not every mantid you a person owns is going to make it, just somethin' a mantid owner's gotta get used to. But that's why we get multiple at a time! lol.

 

[MantidBro]

The Chinese get heavy like idolos ... Unfortunately. T sin is still my most favorite species

They certainly do, I remember I was wicked anxious about Goliath for her last molt! She turned out beautifully though, always a pleasure to see a newly molted adult, being a perfect specimen! LolLol yeah? Mine are Idolos, I'm obsessed with em, haha. Although Tenodera sinensis are a favorite too.

 

[MantidBro]

I lost the dates for these, I'd written the info on a piece of paper instead of my calendar like a doof and now I can't find the paper, darn it. Lol.

I'll start with names, because I named all the little guys (with my sister's help).

1st Hierodula xishaensis: Brahma (which means "prayer")

Seems she is female according to the photo below:

2nd Hierodula: Chip

My sister named this one. Chip molted to L3 as well. He/she started puking soon after unfortunately, I'm not sure why my little guys started puking. The Tenodera Sticky sent me died because of it. I blame the fruit flies I've been using. So I disposed of them and started hand-feeding them meal worms. It's been two nights now since Chip has puked. I think the little one will be okay! Aside from stopping feeding Chip the fruit flies, I also cleaned out the container and lid with anti-bacterial soap each time he puked and also fed Chip lots of honey and water.

1st molting Heterochaeta: Galactica

My sister named this one as well, haha. Galactica is the first of the Heterochaeta hatchlings to reach L5. The "hatchlings" are the ones that hatched from the ootheca Bobericc sent me and the "originals" are the ones he sent me as L1 nymphs (those are all at L7 currently).

2nd Heterochaeta: Silver

Silver is still at L4. The little one's got a messed up eye. That's where the name "Silver" came from... I named him/her after Long John Silver. Of course I imagine the character from the movie "Treasure Planet" rather than "Treasure Island"! But both characters have some damage... missing eye, missing leg, etc. I skipped out on the "Long John" part in case he turns out to be female.

3rd Heterochaeta: Neptune

L4. My sister wanted "Pluto" but I thought it sounded unoriginal, what with Mickey Mouse's dog having the same name, so I named him/her after another planet.

And those are the names!

Oh I never got a shot of Supermantis, who molted to L6... so here he is!

I think LAME may have given him to me at L1 after all, he seems small to be at L6! He looks to me like he's at L5. But maybe not, I guess we'll see!

 

[dmina]

Great update! pictures were really nice too!

Thanks

 

[MantidBro]

Great update! pictures were really nice too! Thanks

Thanks! and youre welcome

 

[bobericc]

Lol i like galactica silver and neptune!

Glad to hear the hatchlings are growing nice and easy for you too! Silvers round eye, her mother or aunt has the same little defect. One rounded eye

 

[MantidBro]

Lol i like galactica silver and neptune!

Glad to hear the hatchlings are growing nice and easy for you too! Silvers round eye, her mother or aunt has the same little defect. One rounded eye

lol thanks, i like em too! no i love em actually haha

Thanks! oh really?? interesting! i wonder if she passed it on??

 

[CosbyArt]

Great to see nearly all are doing great. I wonder if Chip simply caught a cold "bug" or such - likely some sort of bacterial change in their system. Seems some of mine have done some puking in the past randomly too, but are doing fine since.

 

[MantidBro]

Great to see nearly all are doing great. I wonder if Chip simply caught a cold "bug" or such - likely some sort of bacterial change in their system. Seems some of mine have done some puking in the past randomly too, but are doing fine since.

Thanks! Possibly! He hasnt puked for about six days now so id say hes in the clear! Man i hate when they puke, its nerve wracking!