OGIGA's Mantis Mini-gallery

[MantidLord]

I agree, I had about twenty of them, then dropped down to 8, then back to 10. But they only died at L1. Once they reached L2, all of my mantids survived, except two that were eaten. they could be easier, but I love the fact that they don't really need misting. I ended up seperating all of mine after an L4 (now L5) ate a fellow L4.

I actually checked up on them that morining, and when I came back from getting ffs, I saw the fat L4, and a claw on the bottom of the container. :blink: So I'll just wait till they reach adult, then breed them. See how I do. I failed last year with a couple of adults I found (reason I joined the forum), so hopefully I'll succeesd. Good luck.

[EDIT] I'm terribly sorry, but for some reason, I didn't think you were talking about you'r virascens (even though I asked, I'm really tired). Sorry for waisting your time if you read this, obviously I was still talking about my I. oratoria. So what do you feed your virascens? crix, or do they prefer flying types? They really look cool.

 

[OGIGA]

Heh, I was indeed talking about virescens. I feed them D. hydei. They're easier to get/breed than crickets.

 

[MantidLord]

How large to they get? and what do you feed the nymphs, melanogaster (or however you spell it)?

 

[OGIGA]

I fed them melanogaster early on. Then, I started feeding them hydei at maybe L3. So far, that male doesn't have to switch to anything else for the rest of his life. The male is really small (to me) as an adult and the females who aren't adults are already bigger than him.

 

[MantidLord]

So what will you feed the adult females?

 

[OGIGA]

One female became an adult a few days ago. She seems to be fine on eating D. hydei.