Newbie in BC

[wrenae]

Hi... we have some 3 week old Chinese Mantids. I bought the ootheca for my 11 year old daughter at a homeschool convention. We had about 150 hatch (in my best estimation) and we are now down to 7 live mantids. We feed them wingless fruit flies (the smallest type) I think that they may be in the second moult. Is that possible? It seems soon. Perhaps it is the first. We didn't notice the first moult. Although reading again now, I think that may be the case. (They lost energy and stood around a lot.)

Anyway... I am totally fascinated by these little critters! I spend a lot of time staring through the magnifier lid. I have just been reading up (again) and found this forum. Looking forward to chatting with you!

Wrenae

 

[hibiscusmile]

Welocme! u have been bitten by the mantis bug! they are unreal! I know u will like it here!

 

[Malti]

welcome

 

[Rick]

Welcome. The molting sounds about normal.

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Wecome, And seperate them or you'll only have one soon, Chinese love Chinese food...

 

[ismart]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[wrenae]

Wecome, And seperate them or you'll only have one soon, Chinese love Chinese food...

Thank you all for the welcomes!

And Angelofdeath... I do have them separated. We are down to 3 healthy and one injured in the molt. (Didn't fully shed and dried in a C position to the side) It is a feisty one! We will have to see how it does.