bud wing mantis question??????

[nickyp0]

o.k. i have bought some bud wings from ****** sometime last year I have had them for about a year and a half and they are still sub adults. i thought that mantids live for a year some more i know but bud wings??? maybe theres something i am missing? i feed them everyday. and they have molted 6 times sence i have had them and they were L1 when i got them.

 

[Asa]

You may be confused, considering that they are full 'budwings'. An adult budwing still has 'budwings'. Perhaps you miscounted the moults?

 

[Ben.M]

U got a pic???

 

[buddhistsoldier88]

U got a pic???

Pic would be real helpful! if you have a female, then she WILL have literally budwings. the males surpass the abdomen and the males are dainty compared to the males

 

[OGIGA]

I don't know about those wing buds as an adult. The female that I kept grew wings after her last molt. The wings are smaller, but they don't look like wing buds.

 

[asdsdf]

Wow, even living a year and a half seems amazing to me. They might be adults already. Post a pic.

 

[nickyp0]

as soon as i can get a new camra i will post a pic my old one died.

 

[nickyp0]

o.k. i can't seem to find a cam so i found something els i found an old post here it is http://www.mantidforum.com/forum/viewtopic...hlight=bud+wing the post that jenn made with the second pic is what my bud looks like now.