Colorcham427
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My next batch of idolos are ALL going to be separated at L3.
They'll be housed together in butterfly net cages until L3.
Once L3, they will be in their very own 32 ounce deli cup containers with sqaures cut out on the bottom sides and metal screening hot glued to them.
Those square cut outs are just for extra air flow. I'm going to hot glue a narrow piece of paper towel on one of the sides going upward towards the lid, so they can climb back up if they fall.
I am going to provide them with the screened lids of course, not the clothe lids. Not even a stick will go in the cup. Hopefully they will get the hang of just being upside down.
I am going to try to get them to be comfortable only with the ceiling.
Once these guys hit L3, they will only see me when I toss in a few flies for them every other day and give the bottom of the cup a tiny mist.
Once they get to L4, or BIG L4s (almost L5s) I am going to house them in larger containers with the same condition/set-up. Only with thicker holes to cling their weak grip around.
Most L5s seem to get weak grips. What the heck is missing from their diet???!!!???!!!
Could this weak grip be caused from stress? Stressing over seeing other mantids or people in the room?
This is why visibility barriers are going to be all around their containers.
I am going to provide them with fiber glass mesh. It is way wider than the screen cage's holes I have mine in. And it is a whole lot wider than the butterfly net cage's holes.
I believe this species is extremely territorial, but who knows for sure! They do pose that threatening stance a lot once they are older.
When they are molting, maybe they freak out when one of their siblins catches a fly? lol... Something else might cause them to mis molt.
When they are in the wild, they could possibly move and move around, relocating to the perfect girth of a branch to hang from when molting...
The way they are built, the minute details, and then the big details that are formed on their back, sides and front, must be a pain to squirm out of.
Maybe this is just from getting weak strains? Or locales? Is this species classifieds in to two or three or more locales?
We'll see what goes down in the following 4 months! lol
I am getting a batch of around 20-25 L2's soon.
I am going to stick to this species! They are way too awesome to let go, and no I do not want to be a quitter!
They'll be housed together in butterfly net cages until L3.
Once L3, they will be in their very own 32 ounce deli cup containers with sqaures cut out on the bottom sides and metal screening hot glued to them.
Those square cut outs are just for extra air flow. I'm going to hot glue a narrow piece of paper towel on one of the sides going upward towards the lid, so they can climb back up if they fall.
I am going to provide them with the screened lids of course, not the clothe lids. Not even a stick will go in the cup. Hopefully they will get the hang of just being upside down.
I am going to try to get them to be comfortable only with the ceiling.
Once these guys hit L3, they will only see me when I toss in a few flies for them every other day and give the bottom of the cup a tiny mist.
Once they get to L4, or BIG L4s (almost L5s) I am going to house them in larger containers with the same condition/set-up. Only with thicker holes to cling their weak grip around.
Most L5s seem to get weak grips. What the heck is missing from their diet???!!!???!!!
Could this weak grip be caused from stress? Stressing over seeing other mantids or people in the room?
This is why visibility barriers are going to be all around their containers.
I am going to provide them with fiber glass mesh. It is way wider than the screen cage's holes I have mine in. And it is a whole lot wider than the butterfly net cage's holes.
I believe this species is extremely territorial, but who knows for sure! They do pose that threatening stance a lot once they are older.
When they are molting, maybe they freak out when one of their siblins catches a fly? lol... Something else might cause them to mis molt.
When they are in the wild, they could possibly move and move around, relocating to the perfect girth of a branch to hang from when molting...
The way they are built, the minute details, and then the big details that are formed on their back, sides and front, must be a pain to squirm out of.
Maybe this is just from getting weak strains? Or locales? Is this species classifieds in to two or three or more locales?
We'll see what goes down in the following 4 months! lol
I am getting a batch of around 20-25 L2's soon.
I am going to stick to this species! They are way too awesome to let go, and no I do not want to be a quitter!
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