Hysteresis' Mantis Stream - 2019

[Mantis Lady]

Gratz on the hatch and the ooth!

 

[hysteresis]

Thanks @Little Mantis.

Things are starting to come together.

Ooths incubating so far:

Orchid

Paradoxa

Illudens

Spiny

Lola's ooth doesnt seem to hold anything. Maybe infertile, maybe didnt take my diapause well.

 

[hysteresis]

Got five i6ish D. lobata today (2f 3m). Super excited. Also came home to find a 2nd paradoxa ooth, and last night a 2nd (rather small) spiny ooth. 

Funnnn times!

 

[Mantis Lady]

Gratz on the 2 ooths. Are they fertile? enjoy your new arrivals

I still have 1 ooth of Spooky. She didn't lay a second yet. I have been hand feeding her, since her ooth, her eating sucks. Don't grab the prey I put with her. But handfeeding helps. I hope she will give me a second ooth.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Congrats!!

- MantisGirl13 

 

[hysteresis]

R. basalis female and her ooth. She was mated July 11th.

 

[hysteresis]

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

Oh snap. Did I forget to reply? LoL.

Caleb does that. Haha. This is "The Love Tree", remember.

 

[hysteresis]

More orchid babies just dropped.

Second ooth. 

 

[MantisGirl13]

How many?

- MantisGirl13 

 

[hysteresis]

18 first ooth, 62 this time.

I was up late prepping lids and separating them.

 

[Jaywo]

Holy moly

 

[hysteresis]

Holy moly

It was a long night. I cut an approx 1" square into each lid, and hot glued a square of paper towel over it, inside face. 

 

[Jaywo]

It was a long night. I cut an approx 1" square into each lid, and hot glued a square of paper towel over it, inside face. 

ok you need to save some time and get some ventilated lids. That is an insane amount of work.

 

[hysteresis]

ok you need to save some time and get some ventilated lids. That is an insane amount of work.

For 2oz i1/i2 cups? Ive never seen those!

 

[Mantis Lady]

18 first ooth, 62 this time.

I was up late prepping lids and separating them.

Wow, that is a lot. How did you sepparate your nymphs?

 

[hysteresis]

Wow, that is a lot. How did you sepparate your nymphs?

One at a time.  

I prepared my cups first. 

I placed the deli cup in a mesh cube and allowed each individual to climb onto a chopstick. 

Place each in its cup and close the lid. 

Repeat.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Then i should buy a mesh cube too. I still have Spookies first ooth and still don't know if it is fertile.

 

[hysteresis]

Gongylus gongylodes hatch today! Thanks @Jaywo!

 

[hysteresis]

Then i should buy a mesh cube too. I still have Spookies first ooth and still don't know if it is fertile.

Well, good luck! My Phyllocranias are incubating. i'll be hanging them up to hatch soon.

 

[hysteresis]

Musings at my place. Man, i'm sick with mantis fever. 

• Truncata... 3 mos mature and FINALLY decides to produce an ooth. I thought she was stuck.
  

• Lobata nymphs. So lovely. Lighter than the trunc.
  

• Female mem molted. Her male is ready rn. Keeping him slow so he gets the job done.
  

• idolo nymphs are doing great.
  

two idolo ooths from @bruggier. Im so excited to see i1 idolos. Oh myyy... this journey!

And finally, here's a row of i1 gongys hanging out. It hatched 31 or 32 believe it or not.