First Adult Ephestiasula! :D plus purple Wahlbergii and majuscula

[Malakyoma]

Hey guys. didn't even realize my boxers were subadult. They're so small its hard to tell. But today I went to mist everybody and Balrog had molted to adult overnight! . I got some pictures before the camera died. Will take some more later but I wanted to upload them now.

Another good story is my Wahlbergii male seems to be changing colour . I put a purple flower in his enclosure a couple weeks ago and he has molted since. Didn't notice that he had changed colour at that point so maybe he's changing as he goes. He's not entirely purple like we've seen in some pictures but as you can see in my pictures below (sorry for some out of focus-ness) his eyes and raptorials are changing to purple . Lets see what the future holds for him.

Last picture is a nice shot of one of my majusculas eating a mealworm. They're pretty skittish, won't take any food unless I'm not looking. Very pretty colours on them though.

 

[aychen222]

That Wahlbergii is trying to get the colors to match just right.

 

[D_Hemptress]

boxers are so cute. and ide love to have a walbergi so i can make it turn purple. a purple mantis would be a dream come true, i love purple

 

[twolfe]

Congratulations on your first adult boxer! I remember how excited I was. All 11 that hatched for me are still alive. I've had no cannibalism (yet) or mismolts. Ten are adults. They mate over and over. I finally have my first ooth.

Your wahlbergii might be more purple after the next molt... But I'll be interested to see what it looks like as an adult. Mine all seem to look about the same once they are adults.

 

[sally]

how exciting! i am really glad your boxer made it to an adult!

 

[Malakyoma]

Alright heres some more pictures for you guys. It looks to me like a female, what do you think?

 

[gripen]

Looks male to me

 

[hierodula]

thats a female for sure.

 

[agent A]

Female

 

[Malakyoma]

Heres a video of the little lady hanging out.

http://youtu.be/DsVraA-9QtU

 

[gripen]

Guys that is a male. Look at the last segment. Look the antenna length. Count the segments. They all point to male not female.

you can see the difference clearly in this pic.

 

[Malakyoma]

I'll be able to tell better tomorrow based on how fat she gets when I feed her. but it looks female to me

 

[gripen]

If it is not to much trouble can you get a shot of the underside of the abdomen?

 

[Digger]

That's one tiny mantis.

 

[Malakyoma]

That's one tiny mantis.

Smaller than the crickets I use to feed the big ones.

If it is not to much trouble can you get a shot of the underside of the abdomen?

I'll see what I can do.

 

[Malakyoma]

This is the best I've got

 

[gripen]

Judging by the flatness and length I maintain male. It is so hard to tell with small species so I could be wrong.

 

[agent A]

Judging by the flatness and length I maintain male. It is so hard to tell with small species so I could be wrong.

Well i'll be damned

Gripen was right!!

 

[twolfe]

I wasn't sure when mine first molted either. But that one does look slim like my males. A couple of my males like to fly. Has it flown at all?