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Nicolas

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Took a pic of Earl after he just arrived on the 27th of june. He was either L4 or L3, I believe.

Yesterday on the 14th of August, his wings came in!

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Now:

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Pretty unfortunate how the mantis he arrived with perished in a mismolt... I think it was another male though, judging from its antenna. But at least he reached adulthood! 

Edit: His diet right now seems to consist of mostly male wood cockroaches (Since they're the easiest for me to get) and sometimes females of this species. This is good enough, right? At the time of writing this message he is eating one. 

 
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Hi Nicolas,

Congrats, on Earl reaching maturity:) He is looking good. 

Cockroaches are just fine as a staple. Some mantids don't seem to be interested in them, without being hand fed, but nutritionally they are pretty good.

 
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