Hysteresis' Mantis Stream - 2019

[hysteresis]

I didn't get a good face shot, but these two show off her widdle dead leaf features.

Deroplatys truncata i6 female

 

[MantisGirl13]

Wow! She is beautiful! I have not tried any deroplatys yet.

- MantisGirl13

 

[hysteresis]

Noël is a wicked mantis.

H. venosa, adult female

 

[MantisGirl13]

Nom. Nom. Nom.Towel is just as good as Mealworm! Lol

- MantisGirl13

 

[hysteresis]

When she locks her raptorials down, it's hers. She was eating waxworm. But, waxworm, mealworm, towel, finger,  steel, or your soul. Doesn't matter. 

 

[Mantis Lady]

or your soul.

Really? She is an evil mantis, but did she eat the towel?

 

[hysteresis]

Really? She is an evil mantis, but did she eat the towel?

No. I hit her with a stick and she begrudgingly let go.

JUST KIDDING 🖐 

She ate it.

 

[hysteresis]

Nice pictures! What is that black spot on the top of the league's abdomen? Mine don't have that.

- MantisGirl13

Someone on a FB group had an orchid with a spot. A bunch of folks came out and said its normal in some nymphs.

Although this individual's mantis turned out to have a problem, I asked, along with a photo, and people concurred that some orchids get a dark tip like that.

 

[Mantis Lady]

No. I hit her with a stick and she begrudgingly let go.

JUST KIDDING 🖐 

She ate it.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Someone on a FB group had an orchid with a spot. A bunch of folks came out and said its normal in some nymphs.

Although this individual's mantis turned out to have a problem, I asked, along with a photo, and people concurred that some orchids get a dark tip like that.

Ya, I figured out that it was normal by looking at some other orchid pictures and they (almost) all had the black spot. I wonder why mine don't?

- MantisGirl13

 

[hysteresis]

Ya, shes a super eater, very perky. Not thinking there's a single thing wrong.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Yep! She sure looks happy and healthy!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

Like the pic with the black background

 

[hysteresis]

Its just the flash making everything behind dark. I need some lights and a good lens for our Nikon. That was taken with my phone.

But thank you.

 

[hysteresis]

Oh, @Graceface. And I got to see my orchids plucking flies out of the air as they fly by. INCREDIBLE! 

Just wow!

 

[Graceface]

Oh, @Graceface. And I got to see my orchids plucking flies out of the air as they fly by. INCREDIBLE! 

Just wow!

So fun, right?

Someone on a FB group had an orchid with a spot. A bunch of folks came out and said its normal in some nymphs.

Although this individual's mantis turned out to have a problem, I asked, along with a photo, and people concurred that some orchids get a dark tip like that.

I have had many specimens who retain a piece of frass at the tip of their abdomen. While I do not know the reason why this occurs, most seem to get on just fine so I don't worry. 

One female specimen of mine did die from what seemed to be complications from this issue, and I believe I've lost a male like this, too. It has appeared as an issue at subadult in the affected specimens, in the form of discoloration in the surrounding area. The male never molted and stopped eating. The female kept eating, molted to adult, then refused food and died within 48hrs. 

I wonder what causes the frass issue? Is it humidity related, perhaps? 

Either way, in general this doesn't seem to be a health problem for most specimens I've owned.

 

[hysteresis]

@Graceface it looks more like pigmentation. I dunno?

 

[Mantis Lady]

Its just the flash making everything behind dark. I need some lights and a good lens for our Nikon. That was taken with my phone.

But thank you.

Yeah my phone does the same, but here it shows your orchid clearly

 

[hysteresis]

Yeah my phone does the same, but here it shows your orchid clearly

Yup. The foreground looks great. The background is dark. 

 

[hysteresis]

This boy is gonna need a leash too!  unk: