I Hope They Connect

[Mvalenz]

Trying to breed my H. Majusculas tonight. He is on her I hope they connect.

He's a little bigger than her. That crazy! They have been sitting like this for a half hour. Any suggestions?

 

[happy1892]

Looks like the female is bigger (Look at the head). You must mean longer when you include the wings? Good luck with them breeding.

 

[aNisip]

He isn't properly mounted.....he won't connect. He is more on her for a trip, not "a ride" ...take him off and try again the following night...raise temp and humidity a little...

 

[happy1892]

He does look like he does not know the female is there. Is he holding onto the female now?

 

[Mime454]

He doesn't look ready.

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Age of adulthood for each???

Sorry Andrew I ran out of likes, but he's speaking the truth, heat+humidity can help a great deal!

 

[Mvalenz]

He is about 2 weeks old. She is bout 4 weeks. Heat is 81. Humidity is a little low at 45% in my apartment. They didn't connect. He just walked all over her. What a womanizer.

 

[Sticky]

He's just being silly. At least he doesn't look like he's saying " Look what I can do!" I had one like that.

 

[CoolMantid]

From what I have heard the female should be 5+ weeks and the male should be around 3.5-4 weeks old before attempting to mate them. Females get very aggressive if they are under 5 weeks. This is just from what people have told me though

 

[angelofdeathzz]

He may not be old enough yet, I would put him in another room for 2-3 days (pheromones) and try again.

 

[Mvalenz]

I thought the males were ready after a couple of weeks and the females also. I'll separate them in different rooms for a while and try again

 

[brancsikia339]

I thought the males were ready after a couple of weeks and the females also. I'll separate them in different rooms for a while and try again

Last year mine mated after male was 4 weeks and female the same.

 

[lancaster1313]

Not the same species, but I found Hierodula multispina males to take quite a while to be ready. It has been frustrating.

They either ignore, damage the female, or get too frightened to mate. I have only ever had things go smoothly with one male, my first one, quite a while ago.

 

[agent A]

The only time ive had multispina connect was when the female bit the males head off