Deroplatys lobata have mated!
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Here's some photos of the nymphs:
I'm keeping this one... it has such a personality. Not scared of me at all. Very curious and interactive. I'm thinking it's female.
Eating. I'm all out of pinhead (REAL pinhead) crickets. And flying fruit flies are almost impossible to work with!! So I've been hand-feeding them all with a needle. Some adult cricket guts. It takes 2-3 hours to feed em all! But it's my job and is worth it.
Half a cricket leg! Huge meal! Lol
Again, the one I'm keeping... eagerly crawling onto my finger
AInt they cute? lol
Drinkin' water. This one is my fattest one at the moment.
Platysil the adult female also laid her second ootheca today! She laid her first one November 26th. So it's been like... a month and a week? She takes forever to lay lol. This one's going to LAME! He's sent me so much awesome stuff, so many times, he's the most generous person I know, or have ever met, literally! Heck, not even this ootheca could make up for it!
I'm keeping this one... it has such a personality. Not scared of me at all. Very curious and interactive. I'm thinking it's female.
Eating. I'm all out of pinhead (REAL pinhead) crickets. And flying fruit flies are almost impossible to work with!! So I've been hand-feeding them all with a needle. Some adult cricket guts. It takes 2-3 hours to feed em all! But it's my job and is worth it.
Half a cricket leg! Huge meal! Lol
Again, the one I'm keeping... eagerly crawling onto my finger
AInt they cute? lol
Drinkin' water. This one is my fattest one at the moment.
Platysil the adult female also laid her second ootheca today! She laid her first one November 26th. So it's been like... a month and a week? She takes forever to lay lol. This one's going to LAME! He's sent me so much awesome stuff, so many times, he's the most generous person I know, or have ever met, literally! Heck, not even this ootheca could make up for it!
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Haha right??
They are too cute for their own good...
Great pictures! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks!
LAME
Tenodera sinensis (the one and only)
Looks like ill have many....Many dead leafs on my hands! XD
plus, you know the deal.. "You scratch my back,I'll scratch yours..."
plus, you know the deal.. "You scratch my back,I'll scratch yours..."
Krissim Klaw
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Those are some super cute nymphs.
Thanks! in the video i said itd been like a week but its been more like 3. Time flies!! they are cute for sure! ill keep you updated, you do the same!
Thanks, and for sure! I like her a lot.Nice videos and looks like you found a great keeper. She is very curious and seems to be quite the lap mantis (like a lap dog always wanting to be held)
Ive sold all but 6 nymphs! All the ones I kept, were mismolties, since I didnt want to send anyone mismolties. But three of the six didnt make it do to this...
But the remaining 3 are fixed for the most part. Rezz is in fact 100% now. Lil B cant use his claws. And Brexta cant either and is also missing a leg. So those two still need to have a molt or two before being 100%.
It seems I have 3 males! I was hoping to have a female in the mix!
There's Brexta (L3), Lil B (L4), and Rezz (L5).
Fortunately, Platysil laid her 3rd ooth yesterday! So I should get a female from that batch.
Hatching takes 30-45 days. It took 37 days for the first ooth, and 41 for the second ooth (given to LAME).
Here's a video of Rezz at L5, eating a mealworm:
But the remaining 3 are fixed for the most part. Rezz is in fact 100% now. Lil B cant use his claws. And Brexta cant either and is also missing a leg. So those two still need to have a molt or two before being 100%.
It seems I have 3 males! I was hoping to have a female in the mix!
There's Brexta (L3), Lil B (L4), and Rezz (L5).
Fortunately, Platysil laid her 3rd ooth yesterday! So I should get a female from that batch.
Hatching takes 30-45 days. It took 37 days for the first ooth, and 41 for the second ooth (given to LAME).
Here's a video of Rezz at L5, eating a mealworm:
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LAME
Tenodera sinensis (the one and only)
I'm keeping 2 nymphs out of mine. One is a mismoltee I already named "Gump!"
Betcha' can't guess the reference on that one! ^_+
Betcha' can't guess the reference on that one! ^_+
Jay
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Those are just great pictures, MantisBro!
