MY GIANT ASIAN SHIELD MANTIS MOLTED!!!!!

[Mantis Man13]

My giant asian shield mantis molted! After about 2 months it was about time. It molted perfectly it looks beautiful. . It is an adult now btw.

 

[Mantis Man13]

https://ibb.co/mHcb5DH
 

Heres a photo. Will give another when it has its wings fully spread out right now they are still squished together

 

[Mantis Man13]

I had to help it btw. It molted so close to the glass that it couldnt get back up the branch because the glass was too slippery for its claws since it just molted. So I put my hand next to it and it was able to pop its abdomen out of the molt skin. Its a boy btw.

 

[Mantis Man13]

Btw how long does it usually take u guys mantises wings to fully spread out?

 

[Mantid-Tim]

Congratulations! I have two Giant Asain Shield Mantids. R. extensicollis and R. megera. You know its a Rhombodera (my 2nd favorite genus) but do you know what specific species it is?

 

[Mantis Man13]

Basalis. Now can you answer my questions that i posted above?

 

[MrGhostMantis]

About an hour is how long

 

[Mantis Man13]

Ok and how long will my mantis live now since it is a male? Don’t they live shorter than females after the final molt? How long do males and females live after their final molt?

 

[Mantid-Tim]

Thanks. Basalis' are cool....

Yeah an hour, plus or minus a half hour.

Couldn't answer how long it will live, but I've heard Rhombodera are longer living ones (my extensicollis is about 6 mo. old so far). I think usually a male will have about half the adult lifespan as a female.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Congrats on the molt!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

Gratz on the molt.