Charoozz's Mantis Collection

[Charoozz520]

@MantisGirl13 thank you! I think the reason her ooth was so huge was because I was power feeding her the whole time the male mounted. I was so scare of her eating him that I was constantly throwing in flies non stop. She looked like she was gonna exploded before she laid that ooth. 

 

[MantisGirl13]

@MantisGirl13 thank you! I think the reason her ooth was so huge was because I was power feeding her the whole time the male mounted. I was so scare of her eating him that I was constantly throwing in flies non stop. She looked like she was gonna exploded before she laid that ooth. 

My female was power fed roaches the whole time I mated her and she has laid two 1" long ooths. Spinys are bottomless pits!

-MantisGirl13

 

[hysteresis]

I had a female spiny mature today. So, along with my male, that makes a pair. Fun! 

 

[MantisGirl13]

I had a female spiny mature today. So, along with my male, that makes a pair. Fun! 

Congrats on the molt! Hopefully you'll have babies in a few months!

- MantisGirl13

 

[hysteresis]

From the sounds of it I'd better get her super fat.

And TY. 

 

[Charoozz520]

@hysteresis congrats!!! and good luck on breeding! Fatten her up, add some heat and hopefully he will go for it  

 

[hysteresis]

@Charoozz520 congrats on the ooth and the molts. Wow. That's a lot of activity! You must be soOoOoo in your element.

We'll done! 

 

[Charoozz520]

Just a quick update, the female thistle molted to adult successfully! I was so nervous since @hysteresis seem to have a lot of trouble with them. I think you might be right about using substrate. I have a layer of coco fiber topped with sand. Will get better pictures this weekend, she's gorgeous. 

 

[hysteresis]

Beautiful! I have seven i2/i3 nymphs to try again with. Hopefully I will be successful this time. 

Congratulations! 

 

[MantisGirl13]

Ooh, congrats! I'll have to try substrate too. I can't risk losing mine! Do you have a male?

- MantisGirl13

 

[Charoozz520]

@MantisGirl13 yes I do, surprisingly the Male is taking longer to molt than the female he just molted to sub last week.  Now I have to power feed him so he can catch up!

 

[MantisGirl13]

@MantisGirl13 yes I do, surprisingly the Male is taking longer to molt than the female he just molted to sub last week.  Now I have to power feed him so he can catch up!

Great! Good luck with breeding them. I hope the male molts well!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

Gratz on the molt She is beautiful

 

[Charoozz520]

Well I guess I spoke too soon about the wings...she was fine for two days after the molt I even got some nice pictures:

But then on Saturday she spread out her wings and has been in this position ever since. It's almost like her wings are permanently stuck in airplane mode and she can't fold them back. I tried helping her but only one of her wing casing folds back properly, she's eating and hunting fine but I am not sure how breeding will go:

I also put the pair of Parablepharis together this weekend and it was a success, the male connected for about an hour or so then hop off. Hopefully she will give me some healthy viable ooths soon:

 

[MantisGirl13]

Hmm, that's interesting with the female thistle! She should fix it herself eventually. Try to get her to do a threat pose and flutter her wings. That should fix it.

Congrats on the pairing! I'd love an ooth eventually!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Synapze]

Great photos. 

 

[Mantis Lady]

Cool pics gratz om the molt (weird that her wings stay open  like that)

Gratz on the mating too.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Did the female thistle ever fix her wings?  Did you get any ooths from the Parablepharis?

- MantisGirl13