MantisGirl13
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Wow! I love Gordon 's colors! I have never seen such a bright pink in an adult before!
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Mantis Lady
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Graceface
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I'm proud of them! They are all so cute ❤
Gordon didn't look that pink to me in person, perhaps it is the camera, or the background. I'm at work now, so I can't verify lol. Some of them were looking *quite* pink before the molt so I hope it isn't just an optical illusion. Maybe my purple bug ladders worked!! I'll examine him closer tonight and tomorrow to see if he truly is that pink.
Gordon didn't look that pink to me in person, perhaps it is the camera, or the background. I'm at work now, so I can't verify lol. Some of them were looking *quite* pink before the molt so I hope it isn't just an optical illusion. Maybe my purple bug ladders worked!! I'll examine him closer tonight and tomorrow to see if he truly is that pink.
Graceface
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Hazel molted last night and is looking big! I think she is L5
MantisGirl13
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Beautiful! Hazel is a perfect name for her. She is either pre-sub or sub-adult.
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Itsdelliott
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Your collection is dope! Mantis goals right here
Graceface
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Haha, Thanks! All I have currently are Ghost and Orchids, but I have quite a few of each! With my ghost L3 nymphs from an ooth hatch and the Orchids I have showing up tomorrow, I think I'll be up to 41 Ghosts and 21 Orchids ?
Thanks! She is beautiful and demanded to hang out with me today when I cleaned her enclosure and checked on her.
I bought her from Mantids Galore as L2, but they molted while being kept communally. This is her 2nd molt since I isolated them, so I think she is presub.
MantisGirl13
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That is a lot of ghosts and orchids!
I got my adults from MantidsGalore when they were L2 as well!
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I got my adults from MantidsGalore when they were L2 as well!
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hysteresis
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I wanna be like y'all when I grow up.
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Mantis Lady
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Hazel has a nice color too 
MantisGirl13
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And I know you are joking around with this, but you don't have to grow up! I'm only 13!
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hysteresis
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Haha @MantisGirl13 I knew that and meant to "grow up" in this hobby.
Im so new, that information is literally hand-to-mouth.
When I moved Lola to the big tank, she stopped hunting. I read posts from you and others regarding cutting up the feeders and offering them by hand, guts first. NOM. NOM NOM ?
Lazy Lola just wants to perch. Water with a qtip. Another thing I learned on here. She's fat and happy because of information y'all share on here.
ONE day, i hope to have ghosties and orchids, and maybe a slow poke idodolo. LoL. When I grow up in this hobby. ?
Im so new, that information is literally hand-to-mouth.
When I moved Lola to the big tank, she stopped hunting. I read posts from you and others regarding cutting up the feeders and offering them by hand, guts first. NOM. NOM NOM ?
Lazy Lola just wants to perch. Water with a qtip. Another thing I learned on here. She's fat and happy because of information y'all share on here.
ONE day, i hope to have ghosties and orchids, and maybe a slow poke idodolo. LoL. When I grow up in this hobby. ?
Graceface
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Ghosts are pretty easy to care for, I bet you are ready to 'grow up' into caring for them ?
It's hard not to have mantis envy seeing everyone's cool collections on here!
hysteresis
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It's especially hard being in Canada.
Im pretty sure it's easy enough to buy Chinese and European ooths at the greenhouses / nurseries here. In season.
Exotics? Difficult. Not like I can order up nymphs and ooths online here. It's very underground.
I messaged w another Canadian on here, maybe 20 minutes from our place that said he had ooths in the fridge both European and Chinese. At the moment I'm unsure if he was offering for sale or just saying. LoL.
It's especially hard being in Canada.
Im pretty sure it's easy enough to buy Chinese and European ooths at the greenhouses / nurseries here. In season.
Exotics? Difficult. Not like I can order up nymphs and ooths online here. It's very underground.
I messaged w another Canadian on here, maybe 20 minutes from our place that said he had ooths in the fridge both European and Chinese. At the moment I'm unsure if he was offering for sale or just saying. LoL.
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Graceface
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Lame sauce! I'm only about 2 hours drive from BC, Canada, in WA state, but can't send you any mantises ? Damn customs laws! Wanna make a run for the border and pick up some Ghosts from me? ??
hysteresis
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When I lived in Edmonton Alberta that might've been feasible. Where I live, I can find a tall hill or escarpment near Lake Ontario and see Buffalo and Rochester across the water. ?
TY though. ??
When I lived in Edmonton Alberta that might've been feasible. Where I live, I can find a tall hill or escarpment near Lake Ontario and see Buffalo and Rochester across the water. ?
TY though. ??
Graceface
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I received 11 tiny baby Orchids from DeShawn today! OMG there are so cute and small. Here are a couple choice shots (they are so hard to photograph, as they are very small and fast ?)
O-20:
O-22:
O-23:
A few of the best shots. Everyone has numbers instead of names for a molt until they reach L3 and I can try to sex them.
O-20:
O-22:
O-23:
A few of the best shots. Everyone has numbers instead of names for a molt until they reach L3 and I can try to sex them.
Prayingmantisqueen
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So cute! Maybe next summer I can get some orchids.... Wishful thinking here!
