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rhysofliyue

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Raising 5 of these lil fellows currently in a closely supervised (and I mean closely, their enclosure is next to my bed LOL!) communal setting. So far I’m thinking there’s 2 females and 3 males, though I’m still fairly new to the hobby and not great at identification. I had my first molt since I’ve gotten them this week! All 5 had perfect molts with no injuries or casualties so I’m naturally very excited. And I have to say, the color variation in these babies is BEAUTIFUL. I’m especially fond of Avocado, she’s a gorgeous green. I also have a very dark colored one, two fairly medium brown ones, and then the most recently molted one is like almost an army green and tan, stripey color? Regardless, I’m very very excited about their safe molts and how lovely they are. I haven’t had any issues really with communal living yet though I did move the first female that molted into her own enclosure temporarily since she was way ahead of the others while they were small and seemed a lil TOO interested in them lol! But she’s back with the rest now and everyone’s getting on fine! Here’s a few pics of the last baby molting and then the rest of them! I think they’re L4 now? Maybe? If anyone wants to correct that, please feel free! :)
 

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Ckowsky

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2nd on that being a nice female! If you're unsure about IDing, I think you're more than free to post pics of the rest and have some assistance.

p.s. ghosts are one of the top tier mantids imo; congrats on the group!
 

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