Hysteresis' Mantis Stream - 2019

[hysteresis]

Rhombodera basalis pair. 

 

[MantisGirl13]

Wow!!! Congrats!

- MantisGirl13

 

[hysteresis]

LoL. Thanks! 

 

[hysteresis]

My guess is that ghost would prefer to something larger than a cup to produce ooths in. Seeing that they prefer horizontals. 

Am I right? 

 

[hysteresis]

 

[MantisGirl13]

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- MantisGirl13 

 

[hysteresis]

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- MantisGirl13 

I feel pretty good rn. They started dropping as I was heading to work. 

I was soundly advised to separate them straight away, like tomorrow. Maybe tonight. 

 

[Jaywo]

Congrats!

 

[hysteresis]

Congrats!

TY J

TY @MantisGirl13

 

[hysteresis]

Not too many to deal with.

More could drop, right? It started today at ~930am eastern.

 

[hysteresis]

25 hours later, Only 18. Not bad for my first try. 

Ill write it off to poor ooth care, but i'll improve. And, there's still one more ooth a few weeks out. 

Of the 18, I saw ONE go after the melanogaster right away. Most of them are curious but when one gets close, they grapple it and throw it across their cup!

 

[MantisGirl13]

The first ooth from a female often has a lower hatch rate than the subsequent ones. I wouldn’t worry.

- MantisGirl13 

 

[hysteresis]

The first ooth from a female often has a lower hatch rate than the subsequent ones. I wouldn’t worry.

- MantisGirl13 

Still, a platter full of babies!

So tiny! Im blown away!

I'm trying to get the old girl to produce a third one. She's like NOPE, so far. 

My old orchid male may or may not have connected with my newest mature female. He rode her back for three days! 

Feeding her up in either case, and going to reintroduce them tonight old school, in the hibiscus of love. 

Female paradoxa and illudens are each set up in very twiggy bins instead of 32s.

Spiny hasnt produced a 2nd ooth yet. Maybe ill throw her in a bigger bin with lots of sticks too. 

Lets see... Oh yeah. I lost an idolo. No reason why. Maybe a bad fly?

The badalis (ill leave this typo, because basalis are badalis ) is set up in a big sticky terrarium. Think room temp is okay? 

In closing, random nature at hyst's place. Monarchs visiting our milkweed, and a random baby bunny.

 

[hysteresis]

Phyllocrania illudens. First ooth. 

 

[MantisGirl13]

Congrats!!!!!!!!

You have all the luck right now. I’m just a little jealous...

- MantisGirl13 

 

[hysteresis]

Congrats!!!!!!!!

You have all the luck right now. I’m just a little jealous...

- MantisGirl13 

You're one of my mentors! 

 

[hysteresis]

Successfully mated my last female. She was still a nymph when I mated the first orchids. 

So feed feed feed, wait and see.

They scuttled up a bit (Caleb calls this Hibiscus 'The Love Tree') as the male was trying to connect. He did! Several times in fact, throughout the night. I stayed up super late to be sure. 

He's a champ, still alive. This photo taken this morning. Maybe I can reintroduce him (in some days) to the older orchid female to boost her up. 

And a random beetle photo of Caleb and friends.

No criticism of his tshirt stained with Reese's PB ice cream. The boy is a wildling.

 

[Jaywo]

Congrats! I love the fact that you put fake little mantis buddies in the cage.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Congrats! (Again)

- MantisGirl13 

 

[hysteresis]

Congrats! (Again)

- MantisGirl13