OGIGA's Mantis Mini-gallery

[Butterfly]

I still maintain yours look exactly like my Stagmomantis Limbata's, darn Stagmomantis's, lol

I just recently bought an ooth of Californica's from Rick. I sure hope I didnt screw up and end up with the same species I already had lol.

 

[Asa]

It's so cute. I always loved those mantid's wings.

 

[OGIGA]

I still maintain yours look exactly like my Stagmomantis Limbata's, darn Stagmomantis's, lol

I agree... I don't even know where the difference is. Oh yeah, update (if you remember from long ago): The wings also look exactly the same.

 

[OGIGA]

About time I put the pictures in the pictures' place.

 

[Laemia]

I thought I had a sub adult male Orchid, my first Orchids also from Yen and one was an adult male for a month then I lost him. I figured the other may be from a different ootheca or something but now, from your photos I think I have a female. I'd have to look, I keep all their moultings in a container with the date on it but I think it's at L5 or L6. It, I'm calling it an it because I'm just not possitive. The thing I was noticing in your photos was little horn on her head do only females have that. Anyone who knows please answer and thank you.

 

[OGIGA]

Body parts

Orchids mating!!

 

[OGIGA]

I thought I had a sub adult male Orchid, my first Orchids also from Yen and one was an adult male for a month then I lost him. I figured the other may be from a different ootheca or something but now, from your photos I think I have a female. I'd have to look, I keep all their moultings in a container with the date on it but I think it's at L5 or L6. It, I'm calling it an it because I'm just not possitive. The thing I was noticing in your photos was little horn on her head do only females have that. Anyone who knows please answer and thank you.

My male does not have a horn on his head. Okay, well, from that picture, you can see a little tiny one. Anyway, you should be able to tell if it is he or she by their size, even at subadult.

 

[Laemia]

The male I had became an adult on May 11th then died on May 20th. He started lookinh ill for about two days and the black stuff coming out of his mouth. I fed him crickets when he was younger but hardly at all the last two to three months of his life.

I live in Las Vegas, Nevada so I can't find the things you can unfortunatly. When he died I knew she was a bit larger then him but she still isn't that large. He's only been gone less then a month so does the growth just happen quickly? I hope you don't mind if I'm asking you. Also I'd love to know the camera your using for these photos. My father gave me a certian amount of money for a digital camera and I want to be sure I can take good photos of my mantids with it, thank you.

 

[OGIGA]

The male I had became an adult on May 11th then died on May 20th. He started lookinh ill for about two days and the black stuff coming out of his mouth. I fed him crickets when he was younger but hardly at all the last two to three months of his life.I live in Las Vegas, Nevada so I can't find the things you can unfortunatly. When he died I knew she was a bit larger then him but she still isn't that large. He's only been gone less then a month so does the growth just happen quickly? I hope you don't mind if I'm asking you. Also I'd love to know the camera your using for these photos. My father gave me a certian amount of money for a digital camera and I want to be sure I can take good photos of my mantids with it, thank you.

I just had a female adult with stuff coming out of her mouth. She died yesterday. I've only ever fed her blue bottles. Anyway, with the male, mine stopped wanting food for the past 2 months. He's been an adult since April 24 but he's still very active and walking around everywhere.

I got my female orchid as subsubadult from Yen. She didn't grow much after her last two molts, but she looks huge with the wings she has.

I have been using a Canon A520. It's not that great, but it works and has full manual. If you can, I'd say get a camera that can record video decently. Canon A520 is horrible with video. Anyway, I got it in 2005 on a Black Friday sale for about $130 after rebate.

 

[Jenn]

Your pictures are great! Love the mating ones. The males are so small compared to the females. The yellow wings on the Stagmomantis are gorgeous.

 

[OGIGA]

Your pictures are great! Love the mating ones. The males are so small compared to the females. The yellow wings on the Stagmomantis are gorgeous.

Thanks! I hope to get some orchid ooths soon.

 

[Horatio]

Was it a different female than the mated one that died?

 

[OGIGA]

The first mated female is still alive and well. The second died.

 

[athicks]

Wow! These are really cute! Great photos!

 

[OGIGA]

Thanks! My orchid mantis finally laid an ootheca! How many eggs do you guys think are in there?

 

[yen_saw]

How long is the ootheca? 2 or 3 inches? my guess is 50-100 eggs, but bare in mind usually not all eggs managed to hatch as some could turn bad or not fertilized. Best of luck, you will see hatchling in 35-50 days depending on temp. I hate the wait too :?

 

[Sparky]

its nice to see the word "Life" right there.

 

[OGIGA]

It's 1.5 inch (~4cm). The text is small so I guess it makes the ooth look bigger. Do you think mating multiple times will increase fertility?

Nice catch, Sparky.

 

[yen_saw]

Ogiga, that's kind of small for the first ootheca but i don't believe she's underfed. You can still expect around 30-50 nymphs running around the cage by next month. Try to feed her more flying insects of various kind with pollen and honey, it might help in producing larger ooth. I can see more orchid being bred here in the US now which is great.

 

[robo mantis]

Yes yen you started an orchid craze lol