LOL its so much work!! i feel ya!Your right, but what has me worried if anything is two more ooths will be hatching soon (another week or two). If I put them into individual cups from the start I got to make 100+ more of those small cups too.
Awesome!Six of the nymphs that hatched January 4th molted today. I was watering/misting them and noticed one seemed much larger, nearly double in size. A closer look and I found a shed exoskeleton and it became obvious. Later on in the day I also got to witness one of the nymphs in the final stages of pulling itself free of the old L1 shed.
Here are images of the shed exoskeleton from the new larger nymph - their first molt and mine as well
Thanks, so far so good with the ones that survived beyond the first 3 day period. I'm down to eight nymphs but they are doing great
8 from that batch...But I am sure there are soon more to follow.. Keep working on those cups daddy! Babies need a good home... heheThanks, so far so good with the ones that survived beyond the first 3 day period. I'm down to eight nymphs but they are doing great
Thanks.
They are so far, and they seem to love the Turkish Gliders more than the Melanogaster. The Turks jumping and motions really entice the nymphs into chasing them down.
Im glad!Thanks, so far so good with the ones that survived beyond the first 3 day period. I'm down to eight nymphs but they are doing great
That sucks that youre sick! its hard to care for so many nymphs when sick. Its happened to me before.Thanks.
My wife gave me her dang flu/bronchitis/whatever - she has bronchitis for sure and my mom does too and her's is just short of pneumonia so what I have caught from them who knows. Anyway I have been lounging around and sleeping more than anything which is good/bad as it was my day off, although I have another on Thursday so perhaps I can get to making my baby cups then.
Nice!!Now they are starting the process of molting again, to L3. So far best I can tell only one has molted to L3, but it if it was like last time the others will be L3 by morning.
The L3 Carolina is much larger now, still tiny compared to a adult, but I don't feel like it will be lost by a slight fan breeze.I also starting feeding them the larger Hydei fruit flies too the other day. The L2 and larger mantises gobble them down without a problem, so they are growing.
Here are some quick photos of the larger L3 nymph...
Thanks
Next step for them are bigger habitats, as they have now nearly outgrown their nymph cups.That is so true, my dad always says I gave myself too much extra work and asks if I think it's worth it. I of course respond yes it's well worth it.
Yeah it is. He just knows after work I come home and "play" with my mantises until I go to bed and repeat the process. Using my husbandry skills for daily tasks, making habitats, mixing fly cultures - it's always something.
