My new creos( x16 ) and violins ( 4 )

[ShieldMantid1997]

Today i got some new mantids! Some Violins and creos Pict. and i took some photos :lol: Here they are:

One of my violins tried to molt during the shipping and fell So i put him in his own enclosure. Here he is:

Back left leg is what was damaged in his messed up molt:

Here are the other three ( undamaged ) :lol:

And my creos, well some of them:

Sorry for all the pictures. Hope you liked them though! :lol: Thanks to Sporeworld for the great Creos and to Alice for the violins !

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

oh and my lizard watching me :lol:

i think my mantises were making him hungry so i had to feed him some crickets and horn worms XD

 

[ImTheBugFreak]

:lol: Nice photos! Such pretty mantids and lizard ^.^

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

Thank you the lizards a bearded dragon :lol:

 

[alicenwnderlnd]

Well what nice mantis you have there :lol: :lol: have fun with them!

 

[Termite48]

Regarding the one Violin with the bad middle leg. Since that leg is used mainly for ambulation, you can just make sure he gets his share of food and the next molt should render it a fixed leg. If it were a raptorial leg, it is harder for the mantis to cope. Even then it is not a fatal situation. Good luck. Nice pics. What a handsome Bearded Dragon!

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

Thanks guys and Rich i am taking him out and feeding him separate so he gets his share. i just had one try to molt on a flat surface now he cant get this raptorials and mouth out of the old exo-skeletan.... :huh: I think he might be confused with up and down...... <_<

 

[Precarious]

I miss my Violins. They're so cute at that age.

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

heres the confused one trying to molt

where he first tried to molt

starting to move to the next place

his next spot

i moved him to his own container. Thos pictures are from yesterday before i posted the comment stating it. He is as of now still like that hanging upside down in his own container.

 

[RevWillie]

ShieldMantis - was it able to free itself from the shed skin? (looks like the head/raptors are stuck in the old skin)

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

it got out of except his raptors are still in it and really messed up and the eyes/head still has molted skin on it. Only free part on its head is its moth so i held a cricket up to its mouth an it ate its head then stopped.

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

oh and that "molt" made him a L3 just by the way.