Charoozz's Mantis Collection

[Mantis Lady]

sad to read this

 

[Charoozz520]

@MantisGirl13 oh yeah sorry I was talking about my pseudoxyops. The Pseudocreobotra is fine I keep her humidity low. Tried to mate them today actually but the male was not interested so I will wait another week. 

@Little Mantis yeah I would like to try to keep pseudoxyops again they are an amazing looking species 

 

[Mantis Lady]

I was looking up what mantis "pseudoxyops"  is it is a beautiful mantis with big leaf like wings.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Oh, ok! Sorry, when I hear pseudo, I think Pseudocreobotra. ☺

- MantisGirl13

 

[Charoozz520]

Both Creos molted to adult! I thought one was a molt behind since she was a bit smaller but looks like I was wrong:

The Spinys are now either L4 or L5:

And finally thanks to Yen I got my Thistle Mantis  :tt1:
Here's the presub Male:

And he even sent a freebie:

Annnnnd I know this is not mantis related, but my gecko eggs are hatching finally, isn't it adorable?

 

[MantisGirl13]

Your mantids are beautiful! The gecko is so cute!! What kind of gecko is it?

- MantisGirl13

 

[Charoozz520]

@MantisGirl13 thank you! The gecko is a paroedura androyensis, a species of dwarf gecko from Madagascar. Fully grown they are only about 2.5"

 

[Mantis Lady]

Gratz on the molts. Your pics are beautiful. The little gecko is cute too.

 

[Charoozz520]

@Little Mantis Thank you! Honestly the best money I spent. This macro lens for my phone helps me take such close pictures.

On another note....I either have the best luck in the world and should try to win the lottery or the worst luck and should never even dream of winning anything.
Out of the 7 H. Venosas I got....ALL ARE MALES...what are the chances? Someone tell me my eyes are deceiving me (or have a laugh at my expense  :turned:  )

Behold the 7 Venosa Booties 

 

[MantisGirl13]

Yep! All males! I hope you can find a female!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Charoozz520]

I hope so too! Luckily I have some time they are only L4/L5s. As long as I get at least one female I should have no problem mating since she has seven males to go through  :lol:

 

[Mantis Lady]

All males. Somehow if I order 2 of a species I am always lucky to get a pair. I hope you can find a venosa female for your 7 guys.

 

[Charoozz520]

@Little Mantis @MantisGirl13 so you wouldn't believe this, the supposedly all male Venosa squad...one of them is now a female! She molted yesterday morning and now only have six segments. I am very confused as I am sure they were all males but happy since now I don't have to go searching for a female. 

Update on the eremiaphila, my biggest girl I think is now presub? It's so hard to tell since their wings are so small, but she has the cutest eyes:

And some new additions to the charoozz' household:

I am finally able to get some Orchids! They are so tiny and cute, currently L2 and move way too much for a good enough picture:

And after seeing @MantisGirl13 budwings I decided to get myself a pair too:

And finally epaphrodit musarum, they look like mini dead leafs:

 

[MantisGirl13]

Wow! Beautiful mantids! That's awesome that you have a female venosa!! Budwings are awesome, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! (They are a pain to breed as I'm finding out right now) 

Your eremiaphila is so cute!!!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Charoozz520]

@MantisGirl13 yes I stood there counting for a few minutes to make sure my eyes were not going crazy since I was for sure all of them were males, maybe they were too young? (L4s) and now with this molt shes an L5. Not sure how a mantis could lose segments though through molting.

The budwings are pretty fiesty, I love their personality, but I have to keep a barrier inbetween them since they keep looking at each other like snacks. They are also one of the first mantises I had about 10 years ago and I remember when I tried to breed, the male would ALWAYS fly away scared.

Thank you! She is the biggest one, almost double the size of all her siblings, still no hatch from the Ooths yet, but I heard they can take forever to hatch, I'll keep you posted . 

 

[MantisGirl13]

Ya, L4 may have been too young to correctly tell. 

Any tips for breeding?

Thanks!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Charoozz520]

@MantisGirl13 I was hoping you would give me breeding tips 

 

[MantisGirl13]

Lol

I can't give breeding tips on a species I am having trouble breeding myself!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Charoozz520]

Well my male spiny is not into my female at all...he's three weeks old but still constantly giving her threat display whenever he's close. He even flew away last night and after a stressful night of looking everywhere I found him thankfully (he flew into the crawlspace which was the last place I thought he would be). I will have just have to keep trying and hope he is brave enough one of these days.

On another note, one of the Orchids molted to L3, I think it's a female  :

And my first Male Ghost to molt into L5:

Texas Unicorn L5:

 

[hysteresis]

Pretty birds!