Dead leaf mantis

[yen_saw]

Trying to mate a pair of D. lobata. finger cross....

 

[hibiscusmile]

Hummm, nice green one!

 

[Andrew]

Good luck!

 

[yen_saw]

They mated

 

[Andrew]

Congrats. Do you know how long they've been adult?

 

[yen_saw]

4 weeks for the female and 7 weeks for the male. I need to make sure this female is really not interested in food anymore before letting them together. They have been in the cage for 2 days and nothing happen. Today, the male finally decided to climb on the female so i was hoping something good will happen.

 

[MikhailsDinos]

Very nice Yen!

 

[spawn]

How long do they typically live once reaching the final moult (male/female)?

 

[yen_saw]

Based on my previous experience with this species, male live for about 3-4 months, but most of my male were eaten by female before dying of old age. Female will go on for a long time, easily 5-6 months. Only problem for me was female legs rot and broken after laying 2-3 ooth.

 

[OGIGA]

Congratulations, Yen!

 

[yen_saw]

Very nice Yen!

Congratulations, Yen!

Thanks Mikhails & Calvin. will use this male (last one) next week to mate with another "killer" female. Wish him luck cos this female finds everything that move tasty!!

 

[andy hood]

congratulations on the mating yen !!

 

[yen_saw]

Thanks Andy, the second adult female mated yesterday by the same male. Hopefully there will be some good fertile ooth produced by either of the mated female soon.

 

[yen_saw]

After more than 3 weeks, the first female finally layed an ooth now the long wait for it to hatch...hopefully

 

[Mantida]

After more than 3 weeks, the first female finally layed an ooth now the long wait for it to hatch...hopefully

Congratulations Yen!

Is this your 2nd or 3rd generation?

 

[Andrew]

Awesome, congrats! Glad to see this species will start becoming more popular.

 

[yen_saw]

Congratulations Yen!Is this your 2nd or 3rd generation?

Thanks! This is my P stock (breeding stock). I kept this species two years ago. Female mated but produced infertile ooth and i couldn't continue this species. So i am giving them another go this time. They are F1 from wild caught specimen.

Awesome, congrats! Glad to see this species will start becoming more popular.

Thanks Andrew. I can only hope the ooth can hatch this time, finger cross.

 

[MikhailsDinos]

This is very exciting Yen! Congratulations my friend!

 

[spawn]

This has always been a favorite species of mine. For some reason it's the most artistically pleasing I think from a cryptic point of view. I hope you have better luck with this new stock Yen, and continue to get them going for years to come. A full three weeks after mating comes the ooth, hunh? How many ooths do you think she's good for?