Psytallus
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Hi everybody,
my name is Tim and I'm from Germany. I study Forestry at the moment and like to keep all kinds of invertebrates. I lurked around the forum for some time but never decided to post until now.
Since January this year I've also been keeping mantids. I started out with 5 ghosts, which I kept communally in a big terrarium. I had lots of fun caring for them and watching them grow. Unfortunately they have passed away now, except for one female which is almost 11 months old now.
Since I liked my ghosts so much I decided to get another mantis, but this time a bigger and more active one. So last week I got a female Rhombodera basalis in L6, and she's beautiful :wub: Compared to the ghosts she is much more aggressive and already eats subadult locusts and chases her prey through the enclosure. I'm a little worried about her moulting, though. With my ghosts I never had mismoults, but from what I've heard R. basalis sometimes has problems. Also I'm worried she might have a fungus infection or something, which I made another post about.
Except for these concerns I'm really happy with my girl and hope she does well. Also I'm glad to have finally posted here in the forums to share my passion with you guys
Here are some pictures of my ghosts and shield mantis.
Cheers Tim
my name is Tim and I'm from Germany. I study Forestry at the moment and like to keep all kinds of invertebrates. I lurked around the forum for some time but never decided to post until now.
Since January this year I've also been keeping mantids. I started out with 5 ghosts, which I kept communally in a big terrarium. I had lots of fun caring for them and watching them grow. Unfortunately they have passed away now, except for one female which is almost 11 months old now.
Since I liked my ghosts so much I decided to get another mantis, but this time a bigger and more active one. So last week I got a female Rhombodera basalis in L6, and she's beautiful :wub: Compared to the ghosts she is much more aggressive and already eats subadult locusts and chases her prey through the enclosure. I'm a little worried about her moulting, though. With my ghosts I never had mismoults, but from what I've heard R. basalis sometimes has problems. Also I'm worried she might have a fungus infection or something, which I made another post about.
Except for these concerns I'm really happy with my girl and hope she does well. Also I'm glad to have finally posted here in the forums to share my passion with you guys
Here are some pictures of my ghosts and shield mantis.
Cheers Tim
