ant mantis nympths

[macro junkie]

size about 3mm - hard to shoot these thigs..these where the best i could do.somthing u dont seen often tho.











The mum - A flowermantis nympth died so i through it by her and she grabbed it and started eating it.

 

[idolomantis]

TINY!!!!

 

[Kruszakus]

I bought nymphs four months ago, and now I have a new generation of these sweet mantids! They move fast, grow faster and breed in a split second (the first ooth was laid at the start of this month, and it hatched this week!).

By the way - how often do you mist the container where you incubate ooths? I have been misting mine just once a day, and only 20 nymphs came out of the first ooth - some were stuck in the eggcase! I guess that the humidity was too low...

 

[macro junkie]

I bought nymphs four months ago, and now I have a new generation of these sweet mantids! They move fast, grow faster and breed in a split second (the first ooth was laid at the start of this month, and it hatched this week!).By the way - how often do you mist the container where you incubate ooths? I have been misting mine just once a day, and only 20 nymphs came out of the first ooth - some were stuck in the eggcase! I guess that the humidity was too low...

i sprayed mine every day..i think theres about 30 there but i need to count to make sure..i was feeding her right up.mine took 29 days to hatch..

 

[Kruszakus]

Cool - mine took only about 24-25 days to hatch - how nice that they do not keep you waiting for too long.

But now it's time to check whether A. formosana can come a full circle in even smaller time-span - dude, they are like 50% bigger than O. Planiceps and yet they matured in only two months - next week I'll attempt to mate my pair for the first time, let's see how it goes.

 

[macro junkie]

 

[Mantida]

Wow, your camera is so amazing you can even sex that one little hatching nymph right there.

I've never caught an ooth hatching. Did you stay and watch it totally hatch?

 

[macro junkie]

Wow, your camera is so amazing you can even sex that one little hatching nymph right there. I've never caught an ooth hatching. Did you stay and watch it totally hatch?

hi.i took the ooth out the cage when i know they had all gone..1 was left..hmmm looks dead.well il take a few pics then im off to sleep..click click pics taken..time to sleep..i wake up..walk past the cup where the ooth was..hmm its gone? oh there it is on the wall next to my tv screen..lol

it had hatched 18hours later than the rest.. :lol:

 

[idolomantis]

hi.i took the ooth out the cage when i know they had all gone..1 was left..hmmm looks dead.well il take a few pics then im off to sleep..click click pics taken..time to sleep..i wake up..walk past the cup where the ooth was..hmm its gone? oh there it is on the wall next to my tv screen..lolit had hatched 18hours later than the rest.. :lol:

u mean nymphs are everywhere now... or not

 

[macro junkie]

u mean nymphs are everywhere now... or not

no..i took the cup out the tank after they all had hatched aprat form 1..1 hatched out side the tank but i found it now.

 

[idolomantis]

no..i took the cup out the tank after they all had hatched aprat form 1..1 hatched out side the tank but i found it now.

oh ok your saved this time..................