Juergen
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...some oothecas...
i want this mantis..Idolomantis diabolica?
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Juergen
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... L1 ... some of them have no "respect"...
Juergen
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macro junkie
Dead Leaf Mantis
are u taking it with a camara phone..cause the pic is so small im just wondering?it would be great to see your pics at 800x600..i see a pretty pink mantis but its hard for me to see it at its best cause its so small.
Juergen
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well, I only have a camcorder and these screenshots, sorry for that... I`m good at breeding mantids, but not in making photos...
Regards,
Juergen
spawn
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Not everyone has SLR's like us Macro... <_< You think it's small for you? My desktop resolution is 1900x1200...imagine what I'm looking at. I did see the L1 nymph on the adult female though, so thanks for sharing Juergen. How long have you worked with Idolomantis?
I put her into freezer, and later on had time to "manually" put a threat post
HAHAHA, oh Yen. That's so depressing and pathetic. I did however LOVE, LOVE your group shot of the L6 (sub-sub adults?) on the mesh top. Something very surreal about that picture.
I put her into freezer, and later on had time to "manually" put a threat post
HAHAHA, oh Yen. That's so depressing and pathetic.
I did however LOVE, LOVE your group shot of the L6 (sub-sub adults?) on the mesh top. Something very surreal about that picture.
Juergen
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sorry for the low "quality" of the pics...
I`m keeping Idolomantis for a long time now, I believe since 2004...
Regards,
Juergen
I`m keeping Idolomantis for a long time now, I believe since 2004...
Regards,
Juergen
Thanks Juergen. Agreed! it is just getting crowded in there, i am planning to remove some subadult male to another cage.
Shocking to see so many idolomantis ooth in your cage. :blink: HOw many ooth can an adult female lay during her life time? Also i see ooth of other species in your cage :blink: do you have empusa sp together with idolomantis?
I put her into freezer, and later on had time to "manually" put a threat post HAHAHA, oh Yen. That's so depressing and pathetic.
it is pathetic i know. despite seeing the threat pose several times, i can never capture it with my camera. I know they are teasing me
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Juergen
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They lay 3 - 7 oothecas. The oothecas in the cage stem from more than one generation... Yes, I`ve kept Idolomantis together with Gongylus gongylodes, Ambivia spec. and some other species like these...
Regards,
Juergen
Regards,
Juergen
macro junkie
Dead Leaf Mantis
MJ, the last pic from Juergen is a ghost mantis. If you are refering to the small idolomantis, all L1 idolomantis nymphs are black, but they turn into pinkish color after first molt.
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Guest_yen_saw_*
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This losing grips issue is worrying me, i am trying different methods here and see if that works. I have one group in live monarch net cages, another group in net cage with modified top screen using pantyhose, and another one with about three subadult females in coconut fiber top. Will keep the update here.nympho, i agree metal screen is not a good ideal for idolomantis.
Below are few pics of the coconut fibers sheet and the setup i did few days ago.
hot glue to the top of the net cage
Pic below is not the final setup, i added a pot with branches reaching to the top of fiber sheet, just in case the glue fail and sheet fall down.
Yeah been busy and only have time to throw in the flies. Yesterday i decided to clean up the cage and finally but took a few pics. Here is one of them.
The idolo group in the pic are kept in the regular net cages, they are some subadult and pre-subadult, most of the male are subadult stage while only couple of female are subadult as other females still 2 molts away. My guess is female need one extra molt to mature. So far i only have 2 casualty from this batch that hatched during shipment, one from mismoulting and the second one just drop dead. and all the specimen molted out alright into subadult from either the net cages or pantyhose, But i am not taking a risk assuming that the net cage will work perfectly for the last stage of molting. Thanks for the suggestion on using the plastic side as roofing. What i did was clipped some branches on the roof of net cages after cleaning up the cage, it appear to be alright so far as the diolomantis doesn't ming hanging on the branches as long as they are upside down (man their world must be upside down :lol: )
Yeah it is annoying MJ!! care to help me swat some flies while i am feeding hte mantis?
Thanks for the info. Does all adult male live a short live? i thought male is supposed to live for about 3-5 months as adult? Actually there are some left in the branches too, but most of them prefer the roof. I clipped some branches from the top yesterday after cleaning up and they are hanging on the branches alright. and 4 female and 1 male molted into subadult alright the same night, i saw 2 molts hung up on the net and three on the floor. So this netting seems to do alright for moulting up to subadult for this species. WIll see if this net capable of producing successful adult molt.
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Guest_yen_saw_*
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I have few buyers asking me about caging for this species, so here is an old thread of several pics for info....
Below are few pics of the coconut fibers sheet and the setup i did few days ago.
hot glue to the top of the net cage
Pic below is not the final setup, i added a pot with branches reaching to the top of fiber sheet, just in case the glue fail and sheet fall down.
Yeah been busy and only have time to throw in the flies. Yesterday i decided to clean up the cage and finally but took a few pics. Here is one of them.
