Gongylus gongylodes

[4upakabra]

ooou! very interesting mantis!

 

[Katnapper]

You're obviously doing great with them, Andrew! Keep it up!

 

[ABbuggin]

You're obviously doing great with them, Andrew! Keep it up!

Thank you. They sure do eat a lot. About 2,000 flies a month. :blink:

 

[Katnapper]

Thank you. They sure do eat a lot. About 2,000 flies a month. :blink:

:lol:

 

[ABbuggin]

I have had adults for a few weeks now!

I also have a few VERY dark females!

Beautiful!!

Adult male

The males' wings are beautiful! They remind me of an old, wrinkled and yellowed treasure map! :lol:

The males have funny antenna! :lol:

 

[ismart]

Wow! they look fantastic! Great job! How many did you end up with?

 

[ABbuggin]

Wow! they look fantastic! Great job! How many did you end up with?

I still have a fair amount of sub-adults, but I still have 11 pairs.

 

[ismart]

I still have a fair amount of sub-adults, but I still have 11 pairs.

:blink: That is a nice amount!

 

[MikhailsDinos]

Congratulations!! I'll have to give this species a try sometime.

 

[ABbuggin]

Well, today for a good day for me! I introduced a male with the oldest female last night and woke up to him mounting her. He seemed a bit lost on what to do and kept on trying to mate with her leg?! :blink: After a few hours, he finally got it right! They were connected for at least 7 hours.

Sorry for the blurry pic, it was taken through plastic.

About 4 hours later, I walked in my room to see the female laying an ooth! She laid it right on the zipper!! :blink:

I'm so happy right now. :wub: :wub:

 

[ismart]

Thats awsome andrew! Just don't forget not to by accidently zip open the net cage in the next few days! :lol:

 

[ABbuggin]

Lol, at least she laid it halfway down so I can remove it without having to slide the zipper over it.

 

[tier]

I'm so happy right now.

Nice feeling, he? Congratulations, man! I cross my thumbs that this female will lay you a nice number of fertile ooth.

Congratulations! I think you feel about the same like I felt some days ago when I found my Idolomantis mating

Really great to hear you are doing fine with Gongylus in USA now!

Wow, AB, you seem to breed a lot of difficult species. Not bad! ;-)

Keep on breeding ;-)

regards

 

[ABbuggin]

Nice feeling, he? Congratulations, man! I cross my thumbs that this female will lay you a nice number of fertile ooth.Congratulations! I think you feel about the same like I felt some days ago when I found my Idolomantis mating

Really great to hear you are doing fine with Gongylus in USA now!

Wow, AB, you seem to breed a lot of difficult species. Not bad! ;-)

Keep on breeding ;-)

regards

I do feel great. Just can't wait until the other 9 females mate.

Thanks for the kind words. Insects are my passion so I like to breed the coolest/hardest ones as a fun challenge.

 

[Gurd]

Glad to see that you are doing well with these

 

[ABbuggin]

Wooooooo!!!!!!! They hatched!

They incubated for 31 days.

From when the original batch hatched up to the next generation hatching was 150 days. :blink: About 30 nymphs from 1st ooth.

The nymphs on just a few of my ooths.

L1

Largest female (95mm!)

BIG size difference. This will soon become a weekly occurrence. :wub:

 

[Emile.Wilson]

omygosh, so jealous, hopefully i get some pretty adutls soon

 

[revmdn]

Awesome.

 

[ZoeRipper]

They're so CUUUTE!

 

[f.wattiez]

Hello!

Good job!

I hope to also make a success of this superb species!

Best regards, François!