Hunter and Diego

[MantisGirl13]

 Yeah, I guess that it just depends on the personality of the mantis! I have a violin who will eat a moth that is almost bigger than her! And this species was supposed to be communal! She ate her sister within an hour of them being in the same cage! 

- MantisGirl13

 

[lovemymantisfriends]

How long do they need for their skin to dry?  

 

[Mantis Lady]

I think a day. I wait with feeding till next day.

 

[Predatorhousepet]

Yes, 24 hours is sufficient enough time for mantids to dry out. I wait at least that long before trying to feed them but some wait 2 days. Sometimes a mantis is immediately hungry after a molt sometimes it takes a few days before they start eating again.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Hunter and her shadow being cute

 

[MantisGirl13]

 Very cute. I love those eyes!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

I hope she keep those eyes when she is an adult.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Me too! They are such a pretty almost purple color!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

Mantids are not always smart with looking for a place to molt. Hunter was hanging too low on her fake plant in her cup. I had to take her fake plant out to  prevent her head came on the ground. I let her molt while holding the fake  plant after that I taped the fake plant higher in her cup so she can dry there.. Good I saw this happeningbefore she molted.

here 1 picje of freshley molted diego: 1 weird thing I see on him. He has a black spot in his right eye.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Silly Hunter! Diego is so handsome!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

Hunter could have ended in a mismolt, but good I saw it in time. She still hangs low on her plant but that is ok now. But she lost most of her brown color sadly enough. I think she is ready to move to a bigger home now

 

[MantisGirl13]

Can you post a pic of her now? I am glad that you noticed her in time! Good job!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

I will give Hunter some time out of cup time and will take some pics. She is loosing her brown color. With every molt she looks more blank/whitish like Diego.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Can you post a pic of her now? I am glad that you noticed her in time! Good job!

- MantisGirl13

Here are the pics you asked for:

She loves her plant. She didn't want to leave it yet

 

[Mantis Lady]

Time for a pic of Diego: here is he was enjoying his half roach:

He still have a little black spot in his right eye. But he is recognizeble now without looking at his abdomen. The older Hunter and Diego get the more they look like twins.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Since a couple of days Diegos wing buds turned green. Will he be getting a green wing cover? The color still fits with the rest of his body color It would be nice if is wing cover could be that color green. Hunters wing buds are stll the color of her body.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Little Diego molted to adulthood. I will see what his color  of his wing cover will be when he done with inflating his wings...

 

[Mantis Lady]

His wing color is very light soft green. He has only a green drop on it. Hunters wingbuds turned green too. Her turn to molt is coming too.Think her wing color will be the same as diegos

 

[Mantis Lady]

The bubble dried out. it is  dark green spot now. I see that the spot in his eye is gone too now.

 

[River Dane]

Congratulations on the adult molt! Diego’s new wings are beautiful, he’s a nice looking little guy! Good luck with Hunter’s molt!