My first Mantid - all grown up!

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Eldur

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Yay, my first mantid to become an adult. Yesterday when it molted for the last time the body became 4 times fatter than before :D but then later when i lokked it was a bit smaller. Well I saw some kind of wing thingy that was weird but I just thought that next time the wings would come, but a little while later the wings had appeard and they were huge I thought! 4 wings larger than I thought it would be. He/She is sooo cute now with his/her wings. This is also my friendliest and calmest mantid, no problem to hold it. But here are some pics of him/her. Does he/she look ok? Are the wings normal? The inner wings look darker (that I have not seen on pics) and the wings are some how bigger or appare that way. These pics were taken today.

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Hey, look at my new wingy thing

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The new wings, he/she is now at least 7cm, btw I have REALLY SMALL hands :lol:

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Always trying to get the camera

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Gimme!

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Then one of the backside, just to see if he/she looks ok :lol:

 
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Yes, I always wait until they are definetly redy but I was just too excited ^_^ but I was very very very careful but I won´t do it again ;)

A female......That´s awesome, I was hoping for a girl! How can you tell from the pic? Will count the segments today.

 
Congrats! Its a great feeling to see your baby all grown up isnt it? My first mantis molted for its last time just last week....Im one proud dad! :p

 

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