L6 (orig. L5) Hierodula venosa ❤

[hysteresis]

Her name is Noël. 

 

[Mantis Lady]

What instar is she? My golden have  notyellow in front legs yet.

 

[hysteresis]

What instar is she? My golden have  notyellow in front legs yet.

I received them as L5, so they would be L6. 

 

[Mantis Lady]

Mine is L5, but she has te yellow in her arms too. I saw it on a pic that I took of her. She was enjoying a baby grasshopper.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Noel is beautiful! 

- MantisGirl13

 

[hysteresis]

Noel is beautiful! 

- MantisGirl13

Thanks. I'm glad to have a healthy golden. Hope is still eating well and stuff but just isn't climbing very well. But Noël is all over the place. Ill slow down feeding Nöel once I fill her belly up a bit. 

 

[hysteresis]

Hope update: She isn't doing great. A rear tarsus has turned black, and her raptorial Tibia and tarsus are also black.

She can't flex her joints too well, and she barely climbs. Just a bit up the side usually.

Her appetite is good though. Two small crickets today. Slow and sluggish the whole time since mismolt.

Photo taken yesterday.

 

[hysteresis]

Noël on the other hand, is doing amazing!

Stalked her cricket and ate it up, then took an upside-down dubia presented before her.

Nice cropped photo from today.

 

[MantisGirl13]

I am sorry about hope, it doesn't look like she is doing so well! Noel looks great!

- MantisGirl13

 

[hysteresis]

Thanks @MantisGirl13. Noël is a beast for sure.

Funny thing about Hope... she eats soooo well. But I don't know how she can molt out of this condition without some serious support.

 

[hysteresis]

I am still shocked. These venosas don't mess around.

Noël:  Cricket in bin to nomnom in less than 60 seconds. ☠

 

[Cole 78]

Just read this whole thread from start to finish. My, this was one heck of an emotional roller coaster! Congrats on the healthy Nöel. Sad to hear about hope, maybe try some more honey? Nice pics, what lens did you use? 18-55mm? Right? That's what it looks like from a glance but not sure.

 

[hysteresis]

Nikon D3100. Yes 18-55mm.

Not a fancy camera, but it'll have to do. 

Considering some lenses - a macro lens for the bugs, and a zoom lens.

 

[hysteresis]

Sad to hear about hope, maybe try some more honey? 

We give her honey every couple of days.

She eats *every* time I offer, so that improves her prospects greatly. I just have to hand feed her.

She just can't get around like she should, and getting up on her lid and staying there seems out of the question.

We'll see what intervention I can apply at molting time.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Good Nöel is doing great.

Hope update: She isn't doing great. A rear tarsus has turned black, and her raptorial Tibia and tarsus are also black.

But i feel sad for Hope. Bodyparts turning black is not a good sign. Hope it won't get worse. And that she keeps eating. I don't know if a molt can fix stuff like that...

 

[hysteresis]

If she has infection, I dont know how that works. Youre right.

I feed her and hold her. She's responsive and tries to swat at her food when it twitches. I'll post a vid later of how she eats. She props her cricket in the nook of an arm and devours it. She's still a bottomless pit, as I never feed so much to gorge her in one sitting. Seems she can always take more.

 

[hysteresis]

OMG I can't breathe.

4 ghosts and 4 spinys.  

Should be coming this way in about a week or so. He wants them to molt another time before shipping. 

I'm losing my mind!

 

[Aristalochia]

Good luck!

 

[hysteresis]

Good luck!

Thanks. I don't anticipate a problem. 

 

[Graceface]

EXCITING!!! So happy for you about the new additions. Can't wait for pics of them

Here's Hope-ing (lol) that Hope will pull through and be able to molt