Parymenopus davisoni

[frogparty]

AWESOME!!!!! I can only hope I have 1/2 the success you do with mine! WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[ismart]

You're going to be rich!

Yup! Now i can take that cruise to Alaska. :lol:

AWESOME!!!!! I can only hope I have 1/2 the success you do with mine! WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO

I'm positive you will. These guys are really not difficult to raise. I personally think getting viable ooths will prove more of a challenge?

 

[frogparty]

Well, all i can do is offer a diverse array of nutritious foods, and hope to breed all females with at least 2 males. Got silkworms pupating so I can offer egg laden moths to pregnant females in hopes of boosting ooth viability and fecundity. I'm hoping to also get some more from the EU so I can have unrelated stock to breed with

 

[angelofdeathzz]

They're cool little guys for sure, I've been feeding my L4-L5's a mix of turkish glider ff's(large) and bb's, alternating every few days, they eat 80-90% of the bb fly normally, and we're talking they're only the size of a L1-2 Idolo nymph at best, and still not one death out of the whole group. Paul's seem to be genetically sound, vibrant, and very healthy!

Thanks again man!!!

 

[frogparty]

very encouraging!!!

 

[massaman]

well I have to say my only davisoni is doing very well and is like l5 I think as its a yellow color now and was greenish before it molted and been giving it flies and it eats like 3-4 flies daily like yesterday it took out 4 flies that were little smaller then it was and the same today and once I got the right technique on raising it then it became a sinch and I think I mastered it now and its on my top of my favorite list if not the number one on my list alongside othoderas and gambian spotted eyes and few others!

 

[massaman]

I will prob message you ismart once it hits sub adult of course so I can get its mate and work on my own collection in due time of course I have to make sure mine makes it up to sub adult / adult first which should not be hard!

 

[massaman]

Does the male do the drumming on the female like the orchids do?

 

[ismart]

Does the male do the drumming on the female like the orchids do?

My male never did drum. I don't really know if they normally do?

 

[massaman]

well most orchid videos of matings I seen has the male drumming on the females but may not happen with this species but just was wondering!

 

[frogparty]

Parymenopus arent in the same Genus as Hymenopus, so you should expect that there will be differences in breeding, ootheca shape, etc etc.

Have you determined a good way to *** younger nymphs yet?

 

[ismart]

Not really. Just been doing my best to count the segments.

 

[angelofdeathzz]

OK well here's my low down if anyone is interested?

All 11 yellows that Paul sent me are still alive and thriving, in fact 5 of the 11 are now adult males??? Thats a record time for me to see adults, I'm guessing they're about 50-55 days old total from hatching!? Had a clue they were male a while back but no clue they were ready to turn adult, they're "SO FREAK'N TINY", I mean I'm almost afraid to take them out and hold them due to their size, so sexing was more difficult than I'm used to.

So I'm keeping the males a little cooler while waiting for the females and there extra molt I'm only guessing they have?

But with this many males so far I'm confident about the future agenda, I would always want more males than females if given the choice especially with a species that very much views the male as a snack?

Oh yeah, one of the best way to tell gender is that females are much wider/fat in their abdomen, well plus just bigger in general.

 

[massaman]

well the miomantis biotatas are even smaller then this species but not by much

 

[ismart]

These guys grow crazy fast! I have about 4 adult males as well. A few of my females are not far behind. I now realize why i was having such a hard time sexing them. About 75% of them are males! :blink:

 

[frogparty]

I gotta fatten mine up. So tiny!!!! But so awesome. Im just glad to be working with them!

 

[brancsikia339]

I gettin mine next week!

 

[ismart]

I gettin mine next week!

From who? :lol:

 

[ismart]

After finally having enough time to sit and really look at all my nymphs L3 and up. I was able to *** most of them. Would anyone like to take a guess as to how many females i have out of 20 nymphs from my first ooth?

 

[lancaster1313]

7?