ghost mantids

[Guest_bill pham_*]

just got them in today from Rebecca. take some quick shot of them.

thanks for looking

Bill

 

[pedro92]

Great pics. Make sure to register and introduce yourself. What kind of camera. Any lenses?

 

[Bill Pham]

Great pics. Make sure to register and introduce yourself. What kind of camera. Any lenses?

thanks for looking and i am a member. just wouldn't let me log in yesterday for some reason. say i was log in and then i wasn't.

my camera is canon 30D with a 100 macro lens.

Bill

 

[macro junkie]

hi bill..how u liking them?u wait till they get adults..So cool

 

[blitzmantis]

When that happens and it won't let me log in. (Where u put in ur username and password and click log in and when it takes u back to the page u were on it says log in again). to stop it i just close down the internet and bring up a new page, that usually works. -_-

 

[Bill Pham]

i try doing that yesterday about four time. even shut my laptop down. still didn't work for me. working today though go figure. some more shot from this morning. hope you all like them.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t210/Billphotos_2007/Billphot

 

[blitzmantis]

Oh well, I tried, I failed... Move on... ^_^

 

[chrisboy101]

great photos!!

 

[MantidLord]

In the last pic, was the mantis looking at another one, or its shedded skin?

 

[spawn]

Are these adults at L8?

 

[Bill Pham]

thanks guys. no that is not a shred skin but another mantid hanging upside down. and i have no idea what stage they at. just got them yesterday from Rebecca. have to ask her i guess. here some more i take today using live plant this time. enjoy.

 

[Andrew]

Nice pics. Making me want to get a few myself.

 

[pedro92]

They look just like L2's and when i got mine they were L2's and same with my friend. So im guessing L2 because body doesnt have the weird shapes yet.

 

[yen_saw]

Those are 1st instar or "L1", not second instar "L2". You will see very obvious change between the two molt. Best of luck.

 

[pedro92]

Yen, Doesnt she wait til L2 or up to send?

Bill, Ask rebecca. im guessing yen is right. but they sure look like mine when they were L2

 

[Mantida]

I got mine from Rebecca a long time ago at "L2" but mine were really L1. Ghost nymphs are hardy though, so that's probably why she sold them as L1's.

Spawn, I think the female goes into L8 but I'm not sure.

 

[Bill Pham]

thanks Yen. i though they were L2 also. not sure. pretty good condition though. guess i'm gonna have to ask Rebecca later. so can you identify sexes yet at this stage or no.

Bill

 

[Pelle]

Yen is right.

They look like this when they are L2

 

[spawn]

I apologize for my ambiguous question. I was asking if when these do finally reach L8, they would be adult? I asked because my male just molted to adulthood, and last time I checked it was sold to me as L7.

Thanks mantida.