OGIGA's Mantis Mini-gallery

[Asa]

I love orchids.

 

[OGIGA]

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.

I was surprised when I found her laying an ootheca because she was really skinny at the time. She hadn't eaten/attacked food for about a week prior. Right now, she's eating everything again. Maybe the trick is to load them up while they eat, huh?

By the way, does mating her again increase fertility?

 

[Asa]

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.

I was surprised when I found her laying an ootheca because she was really skinny at the time. She hadn't eaten/attacked food for about a week prior. Right now, she's eating everything again. Maybe the trick is to load them up while they eat, huh?

By the way, does mating her again increase fertility?

I don't think so.

 

[yen_saw]

Ah so she was kind of underfed, that make sense.

remating wouldn't affect the hatching rate for the first 3-4 ootheca, but after 6-7 ootheca, remating apparently can increase the hatching rate again. But this is true only if your orchid mantis is always being kept at top notch since the quality of the ootheca deteriorate for the last few.

 

[OGIGA]

Went home for the weekend and found a little friend.

Also found something I hate. Anybody want to buy her? I think it's a her...

 

[Asa]

How could you hate a black widow? I've got enough at home.

 

[Horatio]

It sure would be cool to be able to find mantids outside. We have -40 celsius sometimes in the winter and hot dry summers, which doesn't seem to make any want to move here (Camrose, Alberta)! Your pictures are, as always, fun. When you find a mantis in the wild, how does "he" first react? (I always get a kick out of running). Also, how is the ootheca orchid style?

 

[Asa]

When you find a mantis in the wild, it will probably bite you and try to get away.

 

[OGIGA]

I'm about to send her away so I photographed her. My sister's camera works so much better than mine!

 

[jfmantis]

Very nice pictures. I like the pink eyes . How long was your adult female Stagmomantis californica?

 

[Jenn]

she is cute. Has a lot of green like my female but yours has pinker eyes.

 

[OGIGA]

Thanks. My Stagmomantis californica is about 2.5 inches long. She's getting really weak and I don't know how much longer she'll live. Seems like she's extremely fat but she hasn't laid an ootheca for a bit over 2 weeks. I hope those eggs aren't stuck inside her...

 

[OGIGA]

Here's my last stagmomantis californica. Even though she's already fat like crazy, she ate another 4 crickets. Now she's really having trouble climbing.

 

[robo mantis]

nice mantids

 

[buddhistsoldier88]

Here's my last stagmomantis californica. Even though she's already fat like crazy, she ate another 4 crickets. Now she's really having trouble climbing.

:lol: wouldnt surpirse me

 

[sk8erkho]

in reference to your Orchids, Ogiga, I'll say what my neighbor's kid said when he came over to play with my nephews and saw my little orchids at L2..."OOOHH!! Khori! They are so cute I just wanna to kiss em!!! I'm not kidding I just wanna kiss em!!"

Then I said to him in the tiny Orhcid voice, "You kiss me and I'll give ya such a PINCH!!" :evil:

 

[OGIGA]

Right before my last stagmomantis californica died, I found some more outside. I found this guy as a subadult (L6) in my backyard. Now he's an adult (since August 26)!

I also found a subsubadult (L6) female earlier who became an adult just this morning (August 27).

 

[OGIGA]

And here's the female. Can someone help confirm if she's stagmomantis californica or not?

And here's the guy.

 

[OGIGA]

It's been forever since I last added pictures. Here it goes again!

This perverted male mantis mated with both of these females twice. :lol:

And finally, I let you all know that I have a bunch of awesome orchid mantises. They've recently become L2. The cameras never do them justice!!

I just know that someone wants to buy them... so here's the thread.

 

[OGIGA]

While I'm at it, I might as well photograph the L1's while they're still L1. I think this one lost an antenna and he/she is already getting tired of his/her old exoskeleton.

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