Alexander's Mantids: 2012 - Present
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The dead leaf detail on their legs and "shield" are amazing
May 10th
Lil B made it to adulthood!
And here he is with Rezz (Rezz lost his leg for some reason but he's okay):
Lil B is darker than Rezz. Rezz looks more like Derotor than he does. But Rezz is HIGHLY defensive. Where as Lil B is not. Derotor was not at all defensive so while Rezz looks almost exactly like him, Lil B reminds me of him more.
May 12th
And the first Heterochaeta molted to L3! I can't believe how big!! I did measurements of each instar.
L1:
L2:
L3:
Mantids are hard to measure lol. Especially when young like this! They are so hyper!
I usually would have named them by now. I suppose I was waiting until they were a bit older. I'll choose names now.
May 13th
Another Chaeta successfully molted to L3 last night!
Lil B made it to adulthood!
And here he is with Rezz (Rezz lost his leg for some reason but he's okay):
Lil B is darker than Rezz. Rezz looks more like Derotor than he does. But Rezz is HIGHLY defensive. Where as Lil B is not. Derotor was not at all defensive so while Rezz looks almost exactly like him, Lil B reminds me of him more.
May 12th
And the first Heterochaeta molted to L3! I can't believe how big!! I did measurements of each instar.
L1:
L2:
L3:
Mantids are hard to measure lol. Especially when young like this! They are so hyper!
I usually would have named them by now. I suppose I was waiting until they were a bit older. I'll choose names now.
May 13th
Another Chaeta successfully molted to L3 last night!
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We were waiting to bring this up but... LAME and I went in halves on an Idolomantis diabolica ootheca. We decided that I'd incubate it and then ship him half the nymphs that hatched. The ootheca arrived April 15th and hatched exactly three weeks later on May 6th. Only 3 emerged. May 7th another emerged and one more on May 8th. Only five nymphs hatched total which was a bit of a disappointment but I was still happy that it even hatched at all!
LAME, being the generous guy that he is, said I could keep the extra nymph. LAME and I put our shipping skills together and made magic - both of his Idolos made it to him alive!
But at last... They are being introduced!
Ootheca:
Hatchling:
L1:
Even though only a few hatched, considering I only paid $37 for 3, it's quite a deal! Plus you can't have a healthier mantid than one that hatches from your very own ooth! To not see them puking within a couple days is really a pleasure! I feel like I actually have a chance this time. Wish me luck!!
LAME, being the generous guy that he is, said I could keep the extra nymph. LAME and I put our shipping skills together and made magic - both of his Idolos made it to him alive!
But at last... They are being introduced!
Ootheca:
Hatchling:
L1:
Even though only a few hatched, considering I only paid $37 for 3, it's quite a deal! Plus you can't have a healthier mantid than one that hatches from your very own ooth! To not see them puking within a couple days is really a pleasure! I feel like I actually have a chance this time. Wish me luck!!
LAME
Tenodera sinensis (the one and only)
^_^
I thought it was a neat little plan months back when we had first just kinda thrown out the idea of going half's on the ooth. Lol... Honestly I didn't think we would ever follow through with it... But I'm very glad we did! Even with the extremely small hatch, pfft... " I'm happier than a tornado in a trailer park..." ( yes, a reference taken from Pixar's "CARS" movie
)
Enjoy your new friends Alex.
I sure wish this LAME fella would go buy me a megamantis!
.... So I can feed my girlfriend's cat to it. ^_^
I thought it was a neat little plan months back when we had first just kinda thrown out the idea of going half's on the ooth. Lol... Honestly I didn't think we would ever follow through with it... But I'm very glad we did! Even with the extremely small hatch, pfft... " I'm happier than a tornado in a trailer park..." ( yes, a reference taken from Pixar's "CARS" movie
)Enjoy your new friends Alex.
I sure wish this LAME fella would go buy me a megamantis!
.... So I can feed my girlfriend's cat to it. ^_^
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Lol I know right? It's cool to actually go through with plans as awesome as this one was haha. Hopefully we can get a male and female to adulthood! Or do a trade if we can/must.^_^
I thought it was a neat little plan months back when we had first just kinda thrown out the idea of going half's on the ooth. Lol... Honestly I didn't think we would ever follow through with it... But I'm very glad we did! Even with the extremely small hatch, pfft... " I'm happier than a tornado in a trailer park..." ( yes, a reference taken from Pixar's "CARS" movie
Enjoy your new friends Alex.
I sure wish this LAME fella would go buy me a megamantis!
.... So I can feed my girlfriend's cat to it. ^_^
Haha I just recently mentioned Cars, that's funny.
I'm enjoying them for sure, you enjoy yours as well!
Hahaha!! Eeaaat iiiiitttt
May 18th
Brexta (third male Deroplatys lobata)) fell during his molt unfortunately. Once again I think he must have tried molting from the side rather than the netted top. I'm aligning each container with screen/netting now.
A 3rd Heterochaeta made it to L3!
aaaw, i gotta resize the images
Idolos (L1, should be molting very soon):
(My best bud LAME edited this one for me... awesome!)
Heterochaeta (L3):
Brexta (third male Deroplatys lobata)) fell during his molt unfortunately. Once again I think he must have tried molting from the side rather than the netted top. I'm aligning each container with screen/netting now.
A 3rd Heterochaeta made it to L3!
aaaw, i gotta resize the images
Idolos (L1, should be molting very soon):
(My best bud LAME edited this one for me... awesome!)
Heterochaeta (L3):
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May 20th
Woke up this morning, one of the three Idolos molted! And successfully! I'm very pleased. I hot glued shoe laces across the top of a netted lid. Shoe laces are underrated! The exuvia was stuck to it, and when I tried removing it, a leg broke off on the lace. That means it is quite effective indeed! I've had other mantids molt from laces before as well, and to adulthood no less. Popa spurca, Parasphendale agrionina, Tenodera sinensis. They get a good grip on those thousands of strands of thread that make up the shoe lace.
Here's a hand-made container. I made it out of insulation (it's bubble wrap covered in a silver film... used by Rebecca for the spikes), a plastic container, metal screen, netting. Put it all together with hot glue. I have my newly molted Idolo in here. It's nice and ventilated and since he just molted, he won't molt again for a while. When I see the signs I will move him back into his other container which holds more humidity.
Woke up this morning, one of the three Idolos molted! And successfully! I'm very pleased. I hot glued shoe laces across the top of a netted lid. Shoe laces are underrated! The exuvia was stuck to it, and when I tried removing it, a leg broke off on the lace. That means it is quite effective indeed! I've had other mantids molt from laces before as well, and to adulthood no less. Popa spurca, Parasphendale agrionina, Tenodera sinensis. They get a good grip on those thousands of strands of thread that make up the shoe lace.
Here's a hand-made container. I made it out of insulation (it's bubble wrap covered in a silver film... used by Rebecca for the spikes), a plastic container, metal screen, netting. Put it all together with hot glue. I have my newly molted Idolo in here. It's nice and ventilated and since he just molted, he won't molt again for a while. When I see the signs I will move him back into his other container which holds more humidity.
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My other Idolos molted! One May 23rd and one May 24th.
Size difference between L1 and L2:
I do think the males have that additional protrusion whereas the females don't. If I'm right, I should have 2 females and 1 male.
And on May 25th, the Heterochaeta ootheca Bobericc sent me hatched! I've got about 20. Awesome! Here's one eating...
May 27th, one of my previous chaeta reached L4! I am shocked every time they molt, freakin' big!
May 28th, another chaeta reaches L4.
Oh and I've got some names btw. Amico, which is Italian for "friend". Kamakiri, which is Japanese for "mantis". And Zeltor, which is a word from my original alien language and means "giant".
Size difference between L1 and L2:
I do think the males have that additional protrusion whereas the females don't. If I'm right, I should have 2 females and 1 male.
And on May 25th, the Heterochaeta ootheca Bobericc sent me hatched! I've got about 20. Awesome! Here's one eating...
May 27th, one of my previous chaeta reached L4! I am shocked every time they molt, freakin' big!
May 28th, another chaeta reaches L4.
Oh and I've got some names btw. Amico, which is Italian for "friend". Kamakiri, which is Japanese for "mantis". And Zeltor, which is a word from my original alien language and means "giant".
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