Leyra and Ateyo

[Mantis Lady]

Mantis 2 is eating good: I could take a picture of her(?)

I think it is a she if I look at her butt:

Maybe someone can confirm it for me

Mantis1 eat less but have seen it eaten a fruitfly. I have not had a look look to it to see what gender it is.

Cleo didn't eat sadly enough. She had a baby grasshopper with her, but she didn't toutch it. She behaves normally. I hope it is not the sickness. but that came in my mind when she did a threat pose at food. I hope she needs to molt.

 

[Prayingmantisqueen]

Mantis 2 is eating good: I could take a picture of her(?)



I think it is a she if I look at her butt:



Maybe someone can confirm it for me

Mantis1 eat less but have seen it eaten a fruitfly. I have not had a look look to it to see what gender it is.

Cleo didn't eat sadly enough. She had a baby grasshopper with her, but she didn't toutch it. She behaves normally. I hope it is not the sickness. but that came in my mind when she did a threat pose at food. I hope she needs to molt.

I hope so! Sometimes mine do a threat pose too when preparing to molt. Then they might bat at the food, you know? And then I am pretty sure they are going to molt soon. All of mine except Itsy are adults now.

 

[Mantis Lady]

I hope yours will be having a long adult life and Itsy a good molt. I hope the same for my 3 mantids too. I lost the others too soon

I am thinking of a good name for mantis 1 and 2.

 

[Mantis Lady]

new pics of mantis 1: A mantis that eats makes me happy.

Is not clear to see but think it is a male

 

[MantisGirl13]

Yeah, it looks male to me. this means you have a pair, right!?

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

this means you have a pair, right!?

yup, then I have a pair

 

[MantisGirl13]

Good! I hope both of them make it to adult.

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

I hope it too. I prefer them to die of old age and have had a good life than the sickness. And I want to see them as adults, and maybe breeding them.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Ateyo and Leyra were looking at each other from their cups.

 

[Mantis Lady]

I was looking though my pictures and I wanted to share this pic of Cleopatra. I think she was already infected because she was doing threat pose with no need for it. I liked her stripes on her arms. She was beautiful.

She was a short time with me, butI I will never forget this girl.

 

[River Dane]

That’s a nice shot of her. Shame that she’s gone... Glad you have that pic to remember her by. 

 

[Prayingmantisqueen]

She was so beautiful. I'm sorry shes gone too.

 

[MantisGirl13]

She really was pretty. Your Hierodulas are cute!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

it was feeding time and I took a few pics: Focussing on  their faces is hard by phone . Most of them I trow away  because their faces are blurry. These ones are nice.

  Leyra

  Ateyo

 

[MantisGirl13]

Aww! Perfect shots. They are beautiful.

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

Pic of Leyra molting. I couldn't sleep so I was able to see her molt. They prefer to do it at night I think No molting pics of Ateyo. He did it while I was sleeping. He molted a day later.

I introduced Leyra to a grasshopper. Later that evening she dared to put her mandibles in one?

 

[Prayingmantisqueen]

They prefer to do it at night I think

Night or early morning seems to be when mine do it.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Leyra and Atyeo like to do it night.  Most of my mantids did. They don't want to be seen molting Cochise molting times didn't matter. She molted during day time too.

 

[MantisGirl13]

It is neat that you could see her molt! In the one picture, the grasshopper almost looks animated!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

For now Ateyo and Leyra are eating good. They know grasshopper babies are eatable. They take their time to hunt their prey. The grasshoppers are enjoying the salad leaves they get.( sometimes they fight over it) They get later cricket food when the food they came with is almost gone.

The baby roaches are doing fine too and their parents too. So no feeder dead here either. (Dying whitout being eaten)