LAME
Tenodera sinensis (the one and only)
I've gotten a few demands from fellow forum members to consider creating my own "collection thread". After a few weeks of pondering the idea and seeing the couple that's already been posted, I've decided to go ahead and release my own. Not all photos are great, a lot of them were taken from my cellphone when I first started this hobby and at the time didn't have access to anything else. I hope you all enjoy...
My first mantis was a lucky find (for the mantis...) by my girlfriend. We had just arrived home and was about to enter our home when suddenly my girlfriend stopped me from taking another step inside the threshold. She then leaned over and scooped up this very tiny little green speck.... After further investigation this speck appeared to be a sort of praying mantis, I hadn't seen one of these since I was a young child! Since she had saved the mantis from being the next addition to my shoe... We took it in and housed it within a wide mouth mason jar with dirt substrate,blades of grass I had cut finely, and a few sticks and twigs. I soon found my way to the forum, joined the community, and made my mandatory introduction... After asking around the forum I soon found out the exact species I had in my care, a Tenodera sinensis.
Any member that's been here for the passed 8 months or longer may already know this story... But for those of you that don't, Echo was indeed that special mantis. The one that stands out from the rest and you can't help but get too attached to, something truly special. She was my first "Pet" mantis and the mantis that started the hobby for me.
06.03.14: Found/Rescued.
During the first month of owning Echo, I had found numorus other Tenodera and even held onto 2 others I won't include. One was a small nymph named: Loki, that I released a few days after keeping and another L3/4 with a completely missing rear leg that I properly named: TriPod... I did keep TriPod, but unfortunately She was lost at subadult. Though she did regenerate the rear leg and get sometime to enjoy it before her passing...
08.03.14: Echo reaches subadult.
08.21.14: Echo reaches adulthood.
09.25.14: Submitted Echo's photo into the "2015 Forum Members Calendar."
My good friend and fellow forum member: Mantidbro was kind enough to send me his finest breeding male so I could at least try to breed my first mantis.
09.27.14: Mated.
Echo was one of a kind, and she opened up a beautiful hobby to me I would've never thought myself apart of. She lived a great mantis life and I did everything I could to ensure it with her massive homes, wide variety diet, and plenty of roaming time...
And for all my efforts, she left me 6 fat ooths and one final photo shoot...
12.16.14: Passed.
My first mantis was a lucky find (for the mantis...) by my girlfriend. We had just arrived home and was about to enter our home when suddenly my girlfriend stopped me from taking another step inside the threshold. She then leaned over and scooped up this very tiny little green speck.... After further investigation this speck appeared to be a sort of praying mantis, I hadn't seen one of these since I was a young child! Since she had saved the mantis from being the next addition to my shoe... We took it in and housed it within a wide mouth mason jar with dirt substrate,blades of grass I had cut finely, and a few sticks and twigs. I soon found my way to the forum, joined the community, and made my mandatory introduction... After asking around the forum I soon found out the exact species I had in my care, a Tenodera sinensis.
Any member that's been here for the passed 8 months or longer may already know this story... But for those of you that don't, Echo was indeed that special mantis. The one that stands out from the rest and you can't help but get too attached to, something truly special. She was my first "Pet" mantis and the mantis that started the hobby for me.
06.03.14: Found/Rescued.
During the first month of owning Echo, I had found numorus other Tenodera and even held onto 2 others I won't include. One was a small nymph named: Loki, that I released a few days after keeping and another L3/4 with a completely missing rear leg that I properly named: TriPod... I did keep TriPod, but unfortunately She was lost at subadult. Though she did regenerate the rear leg and get sometime to enjoy it before her passing...
08.03.14: Echo reaches subadult.
08.21.14: Echo reaches adulthood.
09.25.14: Submitted Echo's photo into the "2015 Forum Members Calendar."
My good friend and fellow forum member: Mantidbro was kind enough to send me his finest breeding male so I could at least try to breed my first mantis.
09.27.14: Mated.
Echo was one of a kind, and she opened up a beautiful hobby to me I would've never thought myself apart of. She lived a great mantis life and I did everything I could to ensure it with her massive homes, wide variety diet, and plenty of roaming time...
And for all my efforts, she left me 6 fat ooths and one final photo shoot...
12.16.14: Passed.
