My new gongies :)

[yeatzee]

I doubt mine would even touch a cricket...

 

[sbugir]

+1! Mine are moulting to L5! Of couse i have mostly all females. <_<

Same here man -.- It's bothersome, as a matter of fact, all my mantids seem to be female <_<

 

[ABbuggin]

I'm sure you have some males. You sure you weren't tired when you were trying to sex them? :lol:

 

[yeatzee]

 

[Katnapper]

This one's a beautiful shot, especially of the head.

 

[yeatzee]

Thanks Katnapper

 

[JoeCapricorn]

Their antennae are so cute!

 

[revmdn]

Cool.

I just put a bunch of them together in a net cube. I'm a little scared.

 

[yeatzee]

Cool. I just put a bunch of them together in a net cube. I'm a little scared.

What instar? My L3's love their net cage, well as far as I can tell :lol:

There hasn't been any signs of cannabilism so....

 

[revmdn]

There are seven of them in there so far, I believe they're L5. How many is too many for one of those small net cages? They have plenty of perches, although they like top much better. First time I really put larger mantids together. So far so good.

 

[Katnapper]

There are seven of them in there so far, I believe they're L5. How many is too many for one of those small net cages? They have plenty of perches, although they like top much better. First time I really put larger mantids together. So far so good.

I don't know how many is too many in one 12x12 net cage. But cannibalism has never been a problem with mine.

 

[revmdn]

I need to order a few more of those cages.

Thanks Becky.

 

[Katnapper]

I need to order a few more of those cages. Thanks Becky.

If you have the space, order as many as you think you can afford.... you won't regret it.

 

[sbugir]

Yeah, they don't cannibalize at all, at least thats how it seems for me. Even after 6 days w/o food, and a freshly molted brethren, only one made an attack, and failed.

 

[revmdn]

I have bb and house flies in with them, and they still only go for the house flies. They're certainly big enough though. Thanks guys.

 

[yeatzee]

I have bb and house flies in with them, and they still only go for the house flies. They're certainly big enough though. Thanks guys.

I guess some are more aggressive than others. I threw in a few BB's into their net cage and several got eaten.... (L3)

 

[yen_saw]

Very nice pics Tanner. Gongylus prefers smaller flying insects usually. From my observation even the subadult/adult prefers to feed on house fly but have no problem taking down blow fly too. THis species is real expert in catching flying insects.

 

[agent A]

the antenna remind me of luna moths!

 

[3.1415926]

Violin mantises care is similar to that of lizard. Insects tend to get thrown in jars while lizards are put in heated terrariums.

 

[yeatzee]

I've got a ###### more of this little nymph, so I'll just keep posting :lol:

(All of them suck and were just test shots with off camera flash technique but w/e its an awesome praying mantis, no?)