cilnia humeralis; please define "agressive"?

[angelofdeathzz]

Shredding its own molted skin, now that puts it in a psycho-nut category all of its own! So please Lauren DO NOT let it jump on your adorable face just in case it tries to go all Freddy Krueger, we can not have that! And no I'm not flirting(well maybe a little) :blush: :lol:

 

[LLCoolJew]

Shredding its own molted skin, now that puts it in a psycho-nut category all of its own! So please Lauren DO NOT let it jump on your adorable face just in case it tries to go all Freddy Krueger, we can not have that! And no I'm not flirting(well maybe a little) :blush: :lol:

LOL. Thanks! I'll try my best.

 

[MantidLord]

I'm sorry MantidLord! You too!

Haha yes! Thanks

 

[Psychobunny]

I ordered a L6 female Cilnia a few days ago myself (bet we ordered from the same person!!).

Aggresive is what I want, they are much more interesting and easy to feed.

I am not familiar with this species, but other aggressive mantids are only aggesive to their prey, not humans,

though they will latch on to your thumb or finger thinking it's food, they quickly let go.

I think when you handle any mantis you should do it with care and slow movement so not to stress it out.

If they get on my hand willingly, I reward them with a little blob of smashed cricket guts on a toothpic

I do that in hopes they can make an association and remember that I give them goodies to eat

Dont know if that will work with a bug !!

 

[lancaster1313]

It would be nice if a hungry, finger eating mantis, always quickly lets go. But, that is not always the case. I have had a couple of good holes eaten into me, before I have been able to safely remove the hungry mantis, on a few occasions. :mellow: If they refuse to let go, I usually block the face with a feeder or anything that will fit between the mantid mouth and the human victim. :lol: Chopsticks work well.

 

[Psychobunny]

It would be nice if a hungry, finger eating mantis, always quickly lets go. But, that is not always the case. I have had a couple of good holes eaten into me, before I have been able to safely remove the hungry mantis, on a few occasions. :mellow: If they refuse to let go, I usually block the face with a feeder or anything that will fit between the mantid mouth and the human victim. :lol: Chopsticks work well.

If they dont let go, just squirt them with your mist bottle. They will let go

I dont know how big this speices gets full grown, but I assume a L6 would be big enough for

small crickets (which is my prefered feeder).

I hate ff's, but still need to raise them for the little ones

 

[Psychobunny]

LOL!!

Chopsticks are an essential tool for keeping mantids

 

[LLCoolJew]

I ordered a L6 female Cilnia a few days ago myself (bet we ordered from the same person!!).

Aggresive is what I want, they are much more interesting and easy to feed.

Awesome, Psychobunny! That means that our Cilnia are sisters!!! You and I are practically kin!! Don't forget me during the holidays.

Has yours arrived yet? Mine (who I shall name "Ant Jemima") is due in a few days. I have some habitat questions I'll be posting shortly in that section, so possibly you can take a crack at it.

Lauren

 

[LLCoolJew]

I have had a couple of good holes eaten into me, before I have been able to safely remove the hungry mantis

Eek!! You have done nothing to quell my worries! LOL. Thanks a lot! (meanie!)

LL

 

[lancaster1313]

Eek!! You have done nothing to quell my worries! LOL. Thanks a lot! (meanie!)

LL

Sometimes the truth hurts. :mellow:

Just kidding!

It may never happen to you. We just didn't take precautions when larger mantids were a new thing to us.

Really, even on the rare occasion that a bite happens, it isn't a real big deal. The holes have been really shallow. My 5 year old daughter has had it happen to her a couple of times and didn't cry(she will just say "ouch" and calmly let me help to remove it). She is the one who tempts them with yummy, sweet scented, and flavored fingers. :lol:

Cricket bites are more disturbing to me. <_<

 

[LLCoolJew]

Sometimes the truth hurts. :mellow:

Cricket bites are more disturbing to me. <_<

Oy! Well, thanks for giving it to me straight! That's definitely worth something!!!

LL

 

[lancaster1313]

Oy! Well, thanks for giving it to me straight! That's definitely worth something!!!

LL

You are very welcome. I like to tell it like it is.

I think it is better to know what can happen ahead of time, than to end up startled and possibly swatting and stuff.

I was told by a few people that roaches don't bite. I get nibbled sometimes and even was once bitten in defense.

I still love all of my buggies. :wub:

 

[Precarious]

Never had this species but my Blue Flash (Sphodromantis sp.) are the most feral species I've ever seen. The female is especially aggressive, as can be seen HERE. I have tried to hand feed her crickets and she literally grabs my finger with her needle-sharp claws instead. I once put a huge mismolted stick insect in with her wondering if she would go for something so big and she grabbed it immediately and chomped the whole thing down! I believe she could easily take a mouse.

My female Budwings can get similarly aggressive, but they usually throw me a threat pose before attacking. Blue Flash are not so courteous. She occasionally sinks her claws into me for no apparent reason too. Sort of like a cat. Maybe I should buy her a ball of yarn to burn off some of that ferocity.

Here she is shooting me the stink eye yesterday for being so rude as to open her cage to offer a cricket. Or maybe she just wanted a hug. Women can be hard to read at times.

 

[LLCoolJew]

LOL LOL.. Yes. Women. They can be SO tempermental. My best relationship advice: Make sure you're the crazy one.

Thanks for the photo. Um. I think. Frankly, I find her very unsettling.

Nevertheless, you rock, Precarious!

Gracias,

LL

 

[lancaster1313]

Goodness, what have you been doing to those poor creatures?

The Chinese finger eaters that I have had, just simply took the finger, like prey, without warning. There was no threat display, just GRASP! followed by: NUM NUM NUM.

 

[Precarious]

The Chinese finger eaters that I have had, just simply took the finger, like prey, without warning. There was no threat display, just GRASP! followed by: NUM NUM NUM.

Yum... lady fingers. :tt1:

Better not dangle them digits too close to my maw neither. :taz:

 

[lancaster1313]

Yum... lady fingers. :tt1:

Better not dangle them digits too close to my maw neither. :taz:

 

[Precarious]

My best relationship advice: Make sure you're the crazy one.

Now that's some useful advice!!!

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Yum... lady fingers. :tt1:

Better not dangle them digits too close to my maw neither. :taz:

Com'on Precarious use your table manners :angry: , you know first we need to dip those fingers in honey! :devil2: :innocent: :lol:

 

[Precarious]

Is that a look of shock or have the pleco lips come back? :huh:

Sorry, just had to resurrect that old gem. :lol: