macro junkie
Dead Leaf Mantis
wopwopwopwop - female adult for 19 days..wopwopwop there touching abdomens - im a happy camper!
Pseudocreobotra ocellata breeding diary
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Andrew
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Congrats. My male has been very stubborn. Finally mounted the female after 5 days of cohabitation, and he's just been chillin on her back all day. He's something like 5 weeks old now. 
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Dead Leaf Mantis
dam..well i was lucky i guees.its funny right.I put them both in tank after feeding them right up for days.after half a day i went o take him out like i remember reading on here..i was going to pack them away and try again tomorow..So i pick him up and go to walk away and i think hmm il just put my finger with him on it at the back of the female..his anteners started going and after 1 min he jumped on there..wopwopwop i was well happy..Congrats. My male has been very stubborn. Finally mounted the female after 5 days of cohabitation, and he's just been chillin on her back all day. He's something like 5 weeks old now.
there still at it now.
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Mantida
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Haha, congrats. :lol: You'll have several ooths on the way!
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im happy..im new to all of this and so far iv been pretty lucky..the grassmantis mated after 30 mins and the male come off fine..And now these which are fine and so is the male..If u where me would u remete them?If so when?
Mantida
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You have grass mantids?
I didn't remate mine, since my females were producing ooths around every 3 days and such a frequent ooth laying rate I assumed that they were fertile.
It is okay to mate them just in case your male didn't fulfill the duty on the first mating, I'd do this after your females have finished their 2nd or 3rd ooth.
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sammy
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macro, your pics are lovly!
gluck with the future nymphs
gluck with the future nymphs
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yes i have grassmantids..heres the link to the galery - http://www.flickr.com/photos/hooked_on_mac...57603180579016/
My 1st flowermantid ooth
My 1st flowermantid ooth
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Dead Leaf Mantis
graham must of got his wires crossed or i have..im sure he called it asian grass mantis..but iv looked and it cant be..mine looks just like ant mantis..so i guees im not breeding the grassmantis after all its the ant mantisYou have grass mantids?
Mantida
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Some people call them asian grass mantis, but the most common name is ant mantis. Common names can be quite confusing sometimes.
Andrew
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This is why people should just learn the scientific names.
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Dead Leaf Mantis
I just saved the males life
they where both out i was taking pics..The male flys over and jumps on the females abdomen..oh yer not her back..the underneath..and back to front..so ther where head to toe.she nearly had him..i had to prize them apart..It wasnt pretty and i got bit.lol its the 1st time iv been bit by a mantid..it was like a small thorn in my finger.
they where both out i was taking pics..The male flys over and jumps on the females abdomen..oh yer not her back..the underneath..and back to front..so ther where head to toe.she nearly had him..i had to prize them apart..It wasnt pretty and i got bit.lol its the 1st time iv been bit by a mantid..it was like a small thorn in my finger.
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Dead Leaf Mantis
thats very hard to do when half of them i cant even pronounce..lolThis is why people should just learn the scientific names.
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Dead Leaf Mantis
by the camaras dates its been 11 days sinse thay last mated..shes laid 1 ooth so far..Yesterday i mated them for 2nd time in 11 days..If u look at how fat she is..shes been eating loads of flys.
oh the male is thick!i had to intervene or she would of killed him..any way that was few days ago.i tryed mating them 2 days ago but shes Nealy had him so i thought i would leave it another day or so..well after leaving them on twig he jumped on her and guess what..he done same thing he done 2 days ago.jumped on her belly upside down..can u believe this guy?lol.Hes got to be the worlds dumbest mantid..lol any way after 10 mins he worked out what was what..
oh the male is thick!i had to intervene or she would of killed him..any way that was few days ago.i tryed mating them 2 days ago but shes Nealy had him so i thought i would leave it another day or so..well after leaving them on twig he jumped on her and guess what..he done same thing he done 2 days ago.jumped on her belly upside down..can u believe this guy?lol.Hes got to be the worlds dumbest mantid..lol any way after 10 mins he worked out what was what..
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Mantida
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:lol: They will jump backwards sometimes, and it's probably to protect their head from the female.
Congrats on the second mating though!
Congrats on the second mating though!
asdsdf
Coolest Member
You male is much purtier.
Nice pic MJ, as usual and congrate on the mating.
Is the white pebble-like stone at the bottom some rocks you used as substrate?
and congrate on the mating.Is the white pebble-like stone at the bottom some rocks you used as substrate?
macro junkie
Dead Leaf Mantis
yer....its called perlite..and im only using it cause i haven't got vermiculite..need to go and buy some.this stuff drys out to fast.Nice pic MJ, as usual
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