Hysteresis' Mantis Stream - 2019

[hysteresis]

And... folks tell me how savage basalis females are. I totally agree. She hasn't attacked my male, but she's certainly intimidating him. Two nights, and although I do get him on her back, he manages to hop off. 

But, she's so pretty!

 

[Mantis Lady]

she is indeed beautiful

 

[MantisGirl13]

Congrats on the ghosts! Hopefully your basalis behave soon!

- MantisGirl13

 

[hysteresis]

I'm close to fainting... Idolomantis diabolica.

 

 

[hysteresis]

I know. Washed out. But listen... I could barely contain my excitement. 

 

[Mantis Lady]

it is cute

 

[Jaywo]

COngrats!

 

[hysteresis]

The female mega is in her death throws. I dont know what happenned. She started with her spiral three days ago. She can barely support herself today. 

Ive been carefully watering her for a few days with a plastic syringe and she has been drinking. Shes had a good heat source. Nothing.

Ill try honey as a last ditch. I dont think she'll survive this evening. She even lost a tarsus today. She's tried to climb but the most she can do is keep position. 

Bummed. Too soon to be oothbound. 

 

[hysteresis]

Still alive. She's vomited some of her water back up though.I'll present water once more before bed tonight.

 

[hysteresis]

Popa spurca. 1 of 5. i4/i5ish.

 

[hysteresis]

Still alive. She's vomited some of her water back up though.I'll present water once more before bed tonight.

Weeeell. She ded. 

LoL. Not the mantis I'd write off to 'large species' practice. But I tried. 

She had no outward markings of infection or anything. When I lowered her tank to care for her better, I observed "detritus" in the coco earth that was molding fairly heavily, such as leavings from feedings etc. Maybe mold killed her. 

By the end of the night , she wouldn't take any more water.  She was still moving, albeit slowly. 

This morning she looked like dead weight. 

Live and learn.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Oh no!!! I'm so sorry.

- MantisGirl13

 

[hysteresis]

Came home from errands and went to check on my little friends. I saw my mated greenie ghost down at the bottom of her cup. I panicked, opened her lid, and pulled out her perch. 

She tricked me!

She was depositing her first ooth waaaay down low. I think by the thickness of the trailing material, she was done. Its pretty small though. One and a half inches in overall length. Shed run out of branch

I didnt think shed produce so fast. 

I'll reconfigure her cup and just let her work on the next one. 

 

[hysteresis]

See? Not that big. 

 

[MantisGirl13]

Congrats on the ooth!! That's a fairly normal size for a first ooth.

- MantisGirl13

 

[hysteresis]

Congrats on the ooth!! That's a fairly normal size for a first ooth.

- MantisGirl13

Oh is that right? LoL? 

Well, i cut a piece of 1/4" diameter wooden dowel to span across her cup lid and hot glued it in. 

I bet she'll produce her next oorhright on there. 

Next weekend I'm guessing. 

Pairing illudens today. Ive been so busy as Marcie's cousin and fam are up visiting from Alabama. I wanted to pair the basalis but that'll require so much more of my attention. 

Anyway, fed up both the she-lludens and the he-lludens. Warming them both up. Ill throw them in a cube and see what gives.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Anything happen with the illudens?

- MantisGirl13

 

[hysteresis]

@MantisGirl13 Wish idve snapped a photo, but yes they were connected for a good long time. He got to her and hopped on her back fairly quickly. It took a bit of noodling, but he got in there. I was very distracted with the family visits so so its hard to say how long they were together but it was easily an hour or more. It's been humid so I just left them together in the mesh cube since. She was eyeballing him afterward, so I gave her a big fat juicy mealworm to shut her up.

 

[hysteresis]

They're at opposite ends of the cube. Theyve been in there all day today as well. No further movement. 

He won't try again if he was successful, will he? They were connected with no doubt. Think I should be separate them? 

 

[hysteresis]

This 'little' dude is off to his 'forever home' today.