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[Kruszakus]

They can eat Achroia grisella (small wax moth) and Plodia Interpunctella (Indianmeal moth) at L1 too

Hmmm, where did you get HS pupae? In Poland I can only get pretty big green bottles and huge flies from white maggots.

 

[bassist]

They can eat Achroia grisella (small wax moth) and Plodia Interpunctella (Indianmeal moth) at L1 too Hmmm, where did you get HS pupae? In Poland I can only get pretty big green bottles and huge flies from white maggots.

There are a few vendors in the US :>

 

[ABbuggin]

There are a few vendors in the US :>

And their dirt cheap too.

 

[Katnapper]

They can eat Achroia grisella (small wax moth) and Plodia Interpunctella (Indianmeal moth) at L1 too Hmmm, where did you get HS pupae? In Poland I can only get pretty big green bottles and huge flies from white maggots.

If "HS" means housefly, there is a breeder/vendor who sells and ships housefly pupae here in the US... SpiderPharm.

 

[kmsgameboy]

So awesome! I want to try keeping some of those some time! They have always been my faves!

 

[ABbuggin]

Took a few more pics today.

Sharing food.

Now they are fighting over it. :lol:

They do their best to escape when I take pics.

When they eat a house fly, they get really fat. :lol:

Cute.

 

[Katnapper]

Little boogers!! :wub:

 

[hibiscusmile]

What stage are they buggy? I just had another hatching tonight, just at about 8:something!

Also we may need to exchange some for new blood lines! Right now I have two different litters.

 

[ABbuggin]

What stage are they buggy? I just had another hatching tonight, just at about 8:something!Also we may need to exchange some for new blood lines! Right now I have two different litters.

Good idea Becky, where did you get yours from? Mine are from Gurd who told me that when he got them, they were from wild stock so the ones I have are fairly "fresh".

They are L1 at the moment. I have 29. I have another ooth which should hatch in the 15-20 range that is incubating also.

 

[beckyl92]

i have a violin ooth :lol:

its pretty small so dunno if it'll hatch but finger crossed.

they're pretty big nymphs!

 

[Gurd]

Good idea Becky, where did you get yours from? Mine are from Gurd who I believe got them from Teir a few generations ago (I think three). Gurd also told me that when he got them, they were from wild stock so the ones I have are fairly "fresh".

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No I didn't get them from Teir mate, I got them from a breeder/trader in the UK with an Indian contact.

Glad they are doing well mate

They can get over zelous when sharing flies tho

 

[ABbuggin]

oops, sorry about that. :huh:

 

[yen_saw]

They do their best to escape when I take pics.

You can try to turn the cage upright and have the "door" open on the side instead of top. Much easier to handle that way.

 

[ABbuggin]

You can try to turn the cage upright and have the "door" open on the side instead of top. Much easier to handle that way.

Good idea, but the sides are rounded. As soon as they hit L2-L3 I will move them to a larger screen cage.

 

[ABbuggin]

I just had 20 of the 29 shed to L2 in about 2 hours! That's one mantis shedding apprx. every 6 minutes. I've never seen this kind of "burst shedding" before! Usually, shedding is spread over 3 days or so for a group. So far, 100% success. B)

L2 next to L1. It is blurry because I had to use auto focus since I had to take the pic with just one hand. Auto focus sucks with macro pics. :angry:

L2 next to a 2nd generation pre-sub sybilla, big ain't they. (sorry for the blurry-ness again, the two would not sit still at all lol)

 

[Gurd]

Good job mate

 

[ABbuggin]

Good job mate

Thanks. I have one that shed to 2nd instar and is almost as dark as chocolate. I have never seen one so dark at L2 before. :blink: Not a one of the 29 mis-shed to L2. B)

 

[Kruszakus]

I hope you don't mind me showing these pics here. Just to prove how BAD those mantids can be.

WC fly - larger than a house fly, but a bit less bulky that a green bottle. My L2 are already pawning green bottles though.

Small waxmoth - L1 don't even seem to struggle with those. Pardon the bad quality.

 

[ABbuggin]

That's exactly what I've been feeding mine, and things a bit larger.

 

[ABbuggin]

They have been shedding to L3 over the past 3-4 days. B)

Here's a couple:

Sorry, they are a bit pale, these just shed today and haven't darkened up yet.