Finally I got my mantid

[Venom]

It's a budwing, correct?

I fed it a cricket, caught it awesomely.

I got the smaller of the two since it would theoretically last longer.

I had a lame enclosure for it thinking it was going to come in a delicup like other inverts, but this guy came in a cool enclosure already.

Here he is. (L4/L3)

And here's a vid of it catching, It's too small so you could barely see anything it's like a third way through the vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqLTStD1Aes

 

[darkspeed]

Congrats!!

 

[Venom]

Congrats!!

Yes.

Question.

Most inverts I have, I feed once or every two weeks.

Does this apply to mantids?

It ate kind of a big cricket relative to ti's size so I'm thinking maybe I should wait longer then the usual,but don't know the usual.

 

[obregon562]

Man, you have no idea how long it took me to find it! my depth field was all wrong...

I feed my budwings about once every 3 days. Their abdomens are good indicators-if they huge and bloated, they're full, and if they're really skinny, they're starving! Try and keep it somewhere inbetween.

 

[Venom]

Man, you have no idea how long it took me to find it! my depth field was all wrong...I feed my budwings about once every 3 days. Their abdomens are good indicators-if they huge and bloated, they're full, and if they're really skinny, they're starving! Try and keep it somewhere inbetween.

Okay, cool.

Good thing I kep these mini crickets and didn't kill them.

And yeah, My pictures are always wither too bright or too dark.

 

[darkspeed]

Here they are doctored a little...

 

[hibiscusmile]

I feed mine every day till 4th instar. After that every other day!

 

[Venom]

Here they are doctored a little...

Yes!

I feed mine every day till 4th instar. After that every other day!

Skipped today, tomorrow I will feed.

 

[joossa]

Good luck! Post some pictures once it starts growing up!

 

[Venom]

How often do they molt?

I see remains of a molt in the enclosure

 

[Venom]

How often do they molt?I see remains of a molt in the enclosure

Throwback topic

Man, mantids grow fast. I believe SHE is coming to her end soon. She has been awesome.

 

[mantidsandgeckos]

Its a male subadult or subsubadult.It will not die so quickly :lol: :lol:

 

[Rick]

Coming to the end? Not even an adult yet.