Bob and Cochise mating advise

[Mantis Lady]

My female mantis is close to molting (she don't want to eat anymore) and will become adult. I would like to have her a male to mate with. What instar should the male be? I am going to  to look for one. is a sub adult ok, or should I go for adult?

I bought Cochise as hierodula sp. But i think she is a Hierodula membranacea.

This is a pic of her. Hopefully you can see if she is a Hierodula Membranacea or not.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Cochise is a big female now. I would like to know what species she excatly is so i can go look for mate. I want give cochise full mantis life and a mate fits in there too (not having him for dinner of course.)

 

[River Dane]

Congratulations on her molt to adult! She’s beautiful, I like her lemon-y green color.

I’ve never worked with this species, but I think general breeding advice is to get a much younger male, since females can live a while. 

And again, congratulations! May she have a long and happy adult life. Hope you find her a good mate!

 

[Mantis Lady]

Thanks.

Yeah, I like her colors too. her wings are soft green. I hope that she will indeed stay with me long and healthy.

@River Dane: do you think about a sub adult male of just a young adult male?

 

[Predatorhousepet]

She looks identical to how my Hierodula membranacea looks so I'm pretty sure you are guessing correctly. A young male or subadult would work, females live around 6 to 8 months after becoming an adult so you have some time for a male to go through several molts until he's old enough. (You can speed up time between molts by overfeeding him but that also shortens his lifespan.) I am also thinking about getting a male for my adult female Hierodula but I haven't seen anything but very young nymphs for sale since I started looking. Good luck on finding your female a mate.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Thanks, then I will go for a Hierodula membranacea  male. The site where i bought Cochise has only very young nymphs. I prefer an older one. So have to do more searching for a mate.

Good luck too with finding a nice mate for your hierodula

 

[Predatorhousepet]

If you check the breeder ads here in this forum it looks like hcarlton has sexed L5 to L8 Hierodula membranacea for $7 each. He seems to have a good reputation in the feedback section.

 

[Mantis Lady]

hcarlton lives in the US. I think the journey is too long to my country. I live in the Netherlands.

I found a site in Germany  that has hierodula membranaceas too and has sub adult males for sale. I just got 3 mantids from there, so will get my male from there too.

 

[Predatorhousepet]

Ok cool. I didn't see that you lived in the Netherlands. Glad you were able to find a source closer to you.

 

[Mantis Lady]

A mate for Cochise will be send on monday to me. A friend suggested to call him Bob, so for now I call him Bob too. He is a sub adult. So I need to build him a nice home before he arrives B)

 

[River Dane]

Congratulations! Good luck with the mating!

 

[MantisGirl13]

Yes! I hope that Cochise has some babies later! 

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

@MantisGirl13@Predatorhousepet@Jessie@River Dane@Synapze

Bob finally molted. His wings are almost done too. But now we can talk about breeding.

I dont think so Bob will befully ready I am thinking about getting 1 more inferile ooth. I know I have to fill Cochises belly before letting her meet Bob. I don't want him to loose his head off course. Where can I try the mating? In a special box with fake plants? I would love to to get some advise in this because it is my first time to try to mate 2 mantids.

 

[River Dane]

Congratulations on the molt @Little Mantis. 

Here’s some care guides: Keeping Insects, MantidKingdom.

Hopefully more experienced breeders of this species can help you more, though. Good luck!

 

[Mantis Lady]

Yeah, I like to hear from  ppl who has experience with mating hierodulas. I can learn from that. Bob looks handsome with his wings. Tomorrow I will see if Bob is hungry. But need to wait at least 7 days for mating.

Cochise is very fat again. Maybe she will lay an ooth again this weekend.

Pics I show later

 

[MantisGirl13]

Post pics of Bob please! I am sure he is handsome!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

 There comes a pic where  Bob looks handsome:

 

[MantisGirl13]

Wow! He's a beauty! I love the blue-green wings. Yummy cricket!  

- MantisGirl13

 

[Synapze]

Bob is handsome. ?