My mantid collection

[Malakyoma]

why is there a pic of a popa in the mesopterix update line? also, your L5 pnigo is female

i have 2 L5 male pnigos...

Fixed. mesopteryx is now under mesopteryx.

 

[Malakyoma]

February 10th update

Included:

Popa Spurca: Bonsly molted to adult last night.

Odontomantis sp: Thomas, L5 or 6, starting to turn green on the underside.

Polyspilota griffinii: Clint, Laying her first ooth (never been mated.)

Tenodera sinensis: The first few have molted to L2.

Popa spurca: One of my first mantids. Bonsly arrived via Teddy Bear mail from mime454 and reached adulthood last night. Hopefully I'm right that Shifty is male and he catches up so I can mate them.

Odontomantis sp: I've actually lost count of what instar these guys are. I'm pretty sure its L6, but correct me if you believe otherwise. They're starting to lose the black ant mimicry and gaining green on their underside.

Polyspilota griffinii: Clint is far ahead of her sisters. I haven't seen most of my griffins even calling yet but Clint has been calling for a couple weeks and laid her first ooth today. She hasn't been mated so its infertile.

Tenodera sinensis: The little ones are starting to molt to L2. There's about 50 left. I'm sad its such a low number.

 

[Malakyoma]

21/3/2013 - Three oothecae laid

Mesopteryx alata - Francis' first

Mesopteryx alata - Ester's first

Popa spurca - Bonsly's second

22/3/2013 One ooth laid, one molt

Mesopteryx alata - Tattle's first

Pseudocreobotra Wahlbergii - Spike (M) molts to L6 or 7

Miscellaneous items:

1 hydei culture made

1 melano culture made

Swapped the moss substrate in Ester's enclosure for repti-bark

Brought remainder of house fly pupae in from garage.

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[Malakyoma]

22/3/2013 CONT - One Molt

Phyllocrania paradoxa - Phantom molts to Adult.

 

[agent A]

The wallie is male

 

[sally]

You have so many beautiful mantids.

 

[Reptiliatus]

Nice, any of your new ooths hatch?

 

[Malakyoma]

Nice, any of your new ooths hatch?

Not yet. I hope they do soon.

 

[Malakyoma]

The wallie is male

Thats why I put the (M) next to his name. I appreciate the help Alex I've just known for a while now.

 

[Malakyoma]

You have so many beautiful mantids.

I wish I had mates for the beautiful ones I only have one of My Ghost has no boyfriend, my Wahlbergii has no girlfriend. Its pretty sad to me. I would love to get more Ghosts if I had the spare money to right now.

 

[Malakyoma]

23/3/2013 - 2 individual molts, 1 group molt

Odontomantis sp. - Monty (M) molts to adult

Taumantis sp. - Mime (M) molts to adult

Humbertiella sp. "Ceylonica" - Group molts to L3. 8 individuals

Miscellanious - 2 deaths, 1 infertile ooth lay

Death - Mesopteryx alata adult female Cash - Cause: Appears to be infection. Discolouration, strong smell, squishier than usual.

Death - Hierodula membranacea subadult male Proteus - Cause: Appears to be internal infection or blockage. Abdomen very hard, discolouration near excretory glands. No smell unlike Cash above.

Infertile ooth - Polyspilota griffinii Titan. Never mated, no males. Perhaps use the ooth for an experiment/dissection? Opportunity for learning.

 

[agent A]

aww the odonto is adorable :wub:

i miss mine

 

[Reptiliatus]

Some of my Odontos are also moulting to adult !

Congrats.

 

[Malakyoma]

Some of my Odontos are also moulting to adult !

Congrats.

I'm starting to worry about my females. They both have one leg thats bent from the last molt, and they spend a lot of time at the bottom of the enclosure instead of hanging. I hope they molt right.

 

[Reptiliatus]

I'm starting to worry about my females. They both have one leg thats bent from the last molt, and they spend a lot of time at the bottom of the enclosure instead of hanging. I hope they molt right.

This can happen, don't worry. Alot of mine also hangout on the ground. It's crazy how small these guys are haha xD! Just make sure to put some moist paper towel or something at the bottom of the enclosure to bump up the humidity. That's important right now.

 

[Malakyoma]

25/3/2013 - 3 molts

Taumantis sp. - Claire (F) molts to adult

Pnigomantis medioconstricta - Bear Gryls (M?) molts to subadult

Hierodula membranacea - Lipid (F) molts to adult

Miscellanious

Death - Mesopteryx alata adult female Tattle - Cause: unknown. Grew weak suddenly, was hanging by one leg when checked on and died shortly after.

Death - Mesopteryx alata adult male Archy - Cause: Age and weakness

Housing swap - Large terrarium not required since only one male mesopteryx remains. Put benedict in a smaller enclosure, and moved Pnigomantis medioconstricta subadult female Margaret Brown to large terrarium

Housing swap - Hierodula membranacea adult female Lipid moved to cabinet setup previously occupied by Tattle, Pnigomantis medioconstricta subadult male Bear Gryls moved to DIY enclosure previously occupied by Lipid.

 

[aychen222]

How old were your Mesopteryx?

 

[agent A]

the pnigo looks lovely

 

[Malakyoma]

28/3/2013 - 2 molts

Brown Hierodula membranacea Phosphor (F) molts to adult

Hierodula membranacea Tenacious (M) molts to adult

30/3/2012 - one ootheca laid

Mesopteryx alata - Ester's second ooth

Other news:

Death - Ephestiasula pictipes adult male Balrog - Cause: Potentially age. was 1.5 months adult.

Death - Odontomantis sp. adult male Monty - Cause: unknown. aged 2 weeks adult

rearranged shelves. bottom shelf is now all the large enclosures of adult females, top shelf is now smaller enclosures of nymphs and adult males. Oothecae net cubes moved to computer desk.

Work continues on 15 gallon vivarium, and 80oz terrarium with bark lining.

 

[agent A]

male odontos live a surprisingly long time

i had a male live 2.5 months as adult

females live 5-6