Precarious
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I'll be posting nymphs and ooths for sale over the next couple days.
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I'll be posting nymphs and ooths for sale over the next couple days.
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My favorites so far are Idolomantis diabolica and Heterochaeta occidentalis.Precarious, what is your favorite mantid / mantids so far?
Also how big do the ghosts get?
are the Heterochaeta communal?My favorites so far are Idolomantis diabolica and Heterochaeta occidentalis.
Heterochaeta occidentalis L6 (Video)
Ghosts get about 2.5". Not too big but very cool just the same.
Keep the females separate from the males until you're ready to mate them. I went through 2 males. Both got chomped.Cool video.
I have two ghosts that just made it to adult. Any mating tips?
Thanx
RAV
It did take a while for mine to hook up, but I wanted to let things run their course naturally. I guess most people sit the female out and giver her something to eat, then place the male behind her. Or they pack her full of food and introduce her to the male's cage.So Precarious, are they easy breeders in general? I have 2 sexed pairs...
I saw quite a few couplings with both males. Not sure how long they last because I'd usually catch it already in progress, but sometimes the male will hang on for a whole day. The female just walks around with him on her back. I guess it depends on how much the female will tolerate.Wow, sounds nice. How many nymphs do you typically get per ooth? How many matings did you witness? The free range option sounds nice...but I hae finicky parents, a sister who hates bugs, a nosy dog, and a couple pest ant colonies around the house that are known to raid my many captive insects. How long does each mating last? I'll probably keep males seperate from the females, and stuff the girls. Then like most, I'll place the female infront of the male and hopefully that'll get 'em going.
That's great! And you're probably right. My last male was eaten when I was low on food.What I HAVE been doing, is tagging the females that I've witnessed breeding, then tagging thier ooths to confirm that they should be fertile. Unlike Gongy's, I'm experiencing a lot variance in hatching times (my guess is temp related).
congrats and thanks again for all the added info. (you too sporeworld)By the way, Idolo update coming soon! Recorded perfect molt to L7 this morning.
That is a source of much musing around the office. We mantid folk are such a small community, with real reasons to be fearful of expansion - at least until someone can champion legislation to make this hobby Kosher. So what happens when the "market" gets saturated with something like Ghosts, that were previously rare (or seemed so)...? Does the market move on to something else (say Idols) as the big ticket item...? People seem to move from one species to another, so is this true for breeders as well...?What are you going to do with that many ooths?
That's all. 40 days and you will be drowning in little black ants!PS: 40 days!?! I thought it was longer than that! ######!
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