hysteresis
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I didn't get a good face shot, but these two show off her widdle dead leaf features.
Deroplatys truncata i6 female
Deroplatys truncata i6 female
Hysteresis' Mantis Stream - 2019
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MantisGirl13
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Wow! She is beautiful! I have not tried any deroplatys yet.
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hysteresis
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Noël is a wicked mantis. 
H. venosa, adult female
H. venosa, adult female
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MantisGirl13
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Nom. Nom. Nom.Towel is just as good as Mealworm! Lol
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hysteresis
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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
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hysteresis
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No. I hit her with a stick and she begrudgingly let go.Really?She is an evil mantis, but did she eat the towel?
JUST KIDDING 🖐
She ate it.
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hysteresis
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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.
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MantisGirl13
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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?
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hysteresis
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Ya, shes a super eater, very perky. Not thinking there's a single thing wrong.
MantisGirl13
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Yep! She sure looks happy and healthy!
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Mantis Lady
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Like the pic with the black background
hysteresis
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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.
But thank you.
hysteresis
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Oh, @Graceface. And I got to see my orchids plucking flies out of the air as they fly by. INCREDIBLE!
Just wow!
Just wow!
Graceface
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So fun, right?
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
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Mantis Lady
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Yeah my phone does the same, but here it shows your orchid clearlyIts 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
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hysteresis
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This boy is gonna need a leash too! unk:
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