Danny.
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Great indeed! Now send some over!
I never saw the mating so this is really great news
Rhombo' and 'Chaeta logs
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mantisman 230
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It was a mistake and he wanted to remove it xD, but here is one of my female Rhombodera fuscas
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mantisman 230
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They are lots of fun, and the fuscas seem pretty much indestructible xD
sally
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Hopefully my Rhombos will mate successfully again this generation
Awesome!It was a mistake and he wanted to remove it xD, but here is one of my female Rhombodera fuscas
mantisman 230
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Subadult female rhombo
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Quick update, cant believe its been so long.
Chaetas have turned to pre subadult. I can tell the ones i havent really interacted with because they get scared when i grab them off a stick and pull a rhombo, and by that i mean lay flat, only bad thing between both of them being scared.. When chaeta lays flat he bites lol..
http://s5.postimg.org/b2rwr4x3a/20151209_091458.jpg
http://s5.postimg.org/m3n1w5pc6/20151209_091720.jpg
Chaetas have turned to pre subadult. I can tell the ones i havent really interacted with because they get scared when i grab them off a stick and pull a rhombo, and by that i mean lay flat, only bad thing between both of them being scared.. When chaeta lays flat he bites lol..
http://s5.postimg.org/b2rwr4x3a/20151209_091458.jpg
http://s5.postimg.org/m3n1w5pc6/20151209_091720.jpg
Devils Mantids
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Gorgeous !
PlayingMantis
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Awesome!
And were you able to breed the rhombos? Seems like there's a sudden lack of rhombos in culture, at least here in the US. What species is the one in your photo from August? R. stalli or valida? I'm really bad at telling rhombos apart!
And were you able to breed the rhombos? Seems like there's a sudden lack of rhombos in culture, at least here in the US. What species is the one in your photo from August? R. stalli or valida? I'm really bad at telling rhombos apart!
I was never successful with rhombodera
At one point i had 10 adults and i still couldnt get them bred, the males are not long lived and the females take a while to start calling. Its not a walk in the park since rhombo is one of the most aggressive.. The only members ive seen that were continually successful in breeding rhombodera valida are sally and precarious, who brought them in culture.
Wish more people would try, rhombodera stalli and basalis are significantly smaller than valida.
At one point i had 10 adults and i still couldnt get them bred, the males are not long lived and the females take a while to start calling. Its not a walk in the park since rhombo is one of the most aggressive.. The only members ive seen that were continually successful in breeding rhombodera valida are sally and precarious, who brought them in culture.
Wish more people would try, rhombodera stalli and basalis are significantly smaller than valida.
mantisman 230
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I have 8 of them xD, ranging from l4 to subadult five of the large ones reside in my giant net cage
five of the large ones reside in my giant net cage
mantisman 230
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I will be breeding my fuscas soon as well.
PlayingMantis
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Yeah, seems like it's difficult to keep rhombos going. I was able one R. stalli generation, but lost my culture shortly after. Right now I have three mated R. basalis females. One male got eaten while the other died randomly after just two months of adulthood. Will have to see how things go this time around. They have a tendency of getting eggbound or laying eggs that fail to hatch.
MantisGalore
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Possibly we need to do a Rhombo partnership?Where atleast 3 breeders are trying to breed them And keep swapping until a pairing works out? It could get confusing and dangerous having mantids shipped constantly but Im sure someone can figure out how to get more of these in culture!Yeah, seems like it's difficult to keep rhombos going. I was able one R. stalli generation, but lost my culture shortly after. Right now I have three mated R. basalis females. One male got eaten while the other died randomly after just two months of adulthood. Will have to see how things go this time around. They have a tendency of getting eggbound or laying eggs that fail to hatch.
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Extrememantid
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Well I've got a sexed pair of sub adult Rhombodera basalis coming from europe currently. So Hopefully I can be successful with them.
