Thank you even though the Creos are so small they are probably one of the favorites right now, they are so active and will chase and tackle prey as big as they are!
Hopefully when they get their wings, @PlayingMantis or someone can help me identify what species they are so I can find them a mate.
Bad news is I woke up to one of my pseudoxops on the bottom of her cage :
She seem to have lost all her strength in her legs but when I picked her up she was digging into my hand with her raptorial arms trying to hold on...I offered her honey water but she refused. I taped her back legs to the top of her cage hoping for the best as I have to leave for work. Her sister, which was the one who molted and everyone else is doing fine. They all ate on tuesday and she was active and alert last night when I mist her. Temperature was around 78-82 during the day with a drop to 70-72 at night. Humidity was around 60%. Not sure what I did wrong...but not something you want to wake up to at 6am .
Good news is 10 out of the 11 Ghosts molted to L3 within the last 2 days. I love the way they wiggle their butts, so cute!
I also found these awesome containers for $1.99 at a local store, they measure 7.25" x 5.5" x 9" decide to make them into bioactive enclosures:
Hey, does taping really work? I tried that with a mismolted venosa once and she ripped her leg up.
I got a freebie mismolted thistle that needs to molt. She dropped a rear leg (tibia and tarsus) after receiving her. I'd like to get her through a molt.
Hey, does taping really work? I tried that with a mismolted venosa once and she ripped her leg up.
I got a freebie mismolted thistle that needs to molt. She dropped a rear leg (tibia and tarsus) after receiving her. I'd like to get her through a molt.
Honestly I did it as I was desperate hoping it might save her someone else might have a better answer, I made sure to tape just the end of her leg and that none of the sticky side was exposed.
Thank You! I really like building naturalistic vivariums for all my animals so hoping to make more soon. I am just trying to find containers that are more clear than these ones for a serious built.
Well my poor girl didn't make it , I am still not sure what happened but do mantis deteriorate that quickly after they pass? Her body was all mushy and she turned from her beautiful green to poo brown. I hope she finds plenty of flies and roaches in mantis heaven.
On a happier note, the residents of the bioactive enclosures are settled in, everyone meet Shade and Nightlock my sub and presub Parablepharis Kuhlii:
I also got a few of these cuties, how can I resist those cute eyes:
@MantisGirl13 Thank you I was skeptical since the lenses was only $10 but it works so well. So far so good for the Eremiaphila. They actually just molted. From the information I gathered, they need a lot of space to run around in since they chase down their prey, so I have each of them currently in a 5" x 4" container. Temps are 100 during the day and drop to about 80 at night. Light misting once a week or none at all
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