so maybe L8 is sub for both 
Blepharopsis Consolidated
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I never paid that close attention to the number of instars with this species, and I had trouble finding valid information when I googled. My two adult females are calling all the time now. But my first adult male has just molted a week ago. My first female that molted (the green morph) already laid an ooth yesterday. Of course, it's not fertile.... If I raise another generation, I'll separate one nymph and document each molt.
CoolMantid
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Any adults or subs?
Mine are all still at L6-L7. One of my females has some green on her!
I have a subadult female now :clap:
L8?
Ddraig goch
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Hi I am going to be having a 5th instar female Blepharopsis mendica come live with me soon This thread has been a very useful read thanks guys
This thread has been a very useful read thanks guys Good luck with her! If you have any questions PM me.
Hi I am going to be having a 5th instar female Blepharopsis mendica come live with me soon
Ddraig goch
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Thanks guys Jane
Jane
subadult female bleph:
anyone else seen purple bleph disease? i think it's some sorta infection, look at that purpley on the abdomen!
this guy was farthest away from heat lamp
maybe cooler temps contribute to pbd???
this guy was farthest away from heat lamp
maybe cooler temps contribute to pbd???
CoolMantid
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I thought it was a fake thing you were making up...
I have noticed it about a couple weeks after death....
I have noticed it about a couple weeks after death....
That's too bad. How long after it died did you take that photo? I haven't had any issues with older nymphs dying for no apparent reason. Are you still keeping yours dry? I was saddened that I lost one of my adults (offspring from original) after I moved her to a room where the temps got too cold a few days. She stopped eating and never recovered, and I feel like it was my fault. The rest of mine are doing well.
On a positive note, my first adult female has already laid four ooths. The first one is definitely not fertile since she laid it prior to mating. Time will tell if the others are fertile.
Oh, and I found that one of my sub adult nymphs is green!
On a positive note, my first adult female has already laid four ooths. The first one is definitely not fertile since she laid it prior to mating. Time will tell if the others are fertile.
Oh, and I found that one of my sub adult nymphs is green!
U have blephs??
The nymph was fine the day before and I didn't see it in the cage and I found it like that
I keep them really dry
Also one of my wahlbergii molted to L4, got sluggish and died
CoolMantid
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No I dont. I noticed with another species. My male H. majucula. I froze him cause he was nearly alive but couldnt support himself up and wouldnt eat. Then I forgot about him and he turned a brownish/redish/ purplish color when I found him in the freezer
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Yikes!! We do not have luck with the simplest species yet harder ones thrive with us
Ddraig goch
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Hi guys any more news on the Blephs? Mine wasn't 5th instar at all she is pre-sub, and she is fine
