Safe se.. mating

[PhilinYuma]

It's a very pro-active and progressive strategy designed to reduce harmful or fatal sexual harassment. I think that addresses their rights and what's best for them pretty well!

Yeah, and I think that it gets us off the hook legally. Given what happens to so many of our males when we put them in with a female, one day, some ambitious DA is going to prosecute some mantis breeder for "assisting suicide." Remember what happened to Dr Kevorkian?

 

[Kruszakus]

Hahahahahahahahaha! O geez! Hehehehehehehehehehe!!!! *gasp* Hahahahahahahaha!!!!! :lol:

 

[OGIGA]

Congrats to OGIGA!While creative devices to keep animals from doing something we don't want them to do is nothing new, this has taken it to a whole new level!

I'd be afraid to put that on any of my larger females...or any of my little ones for the opposite reasons.

Thanks. What are the opposite reasons? I don't quite get it... :huh: Does it involve the male eating the female?

 

[kamakiri]

Thanks. What are the opposite reasons? I don't quite get it... :huh: Does it involve the male eating the female?

...injuring the little ones!

 

[sk8erkho]

Ogiga!! You are right on point!! I have been blocking my female's view of my male in a very different way but you way is definately on my list!!!!

 

[OGIGA]

Ogiga!! You are right on point!! I have been blocking my female's view of my male in a very different way but you way is definately on my list!!!!

Really? What other technique did you come up with?

 

[beckyl92]

I've done this twice so far. The one pictured is the first time. The second time was the most recent mating.I put the paper on after the male and female have connected. I'm not sure if the male will know that the female is in fact a female mantis with the cone on her. Depending on how hyper the female is, it can be easy or hard to put on. The one pictured was pretty easy, but last time was pretty darn hard because the female kept trying to climb onto my hand. Good luck with the small mantises. You really need to be precise for them.

Do they not wonder what your doing and go crazy and disconnect?

im defently gonna try this just worried about that happening

 

[Borya]

Do male recognize her with such collar?! I thought that they must see the complete silhouette to identify a member of the same species.

Nevertheless, maybe the female expressed agression just because she was not ready for mating? Did she demonstrate calling behaviour earlier (i.e. bent the end of her abdomen down, usually at dusk)?

 

[Eldur]

Haha..that cone idea is great! Too funny :lol:

Maybe you should decorate the cone before you put it on the female & the male approaches. Draw a sexy silhouette of the female on the cone for the male to see. This should be an experiment. Normal white cone (control) vs. coloured silhouette cone. Could identify shape determination in mantids. :lol: Oh, am I rambling again... sorry.

Haha :lol:

 

[Rick]

This was funny but what is even more funny is how many of you are going to do this.

 

[OGIGA]

Do male recognize her with such collar?! I thought that they must see the complete silhouette to identify a member of the same species. Nevertheless, maybe the female expressed agression just because she was not ready for mating? Did she demonstrate calling behaviour earlier (i.e. bent the end of her abdomen down, usually at dusk)?

Since I put the cone on the female after the male is on her, I don't really know. Last night, I put the cone on before connecting and they later did connect. The female was over a month into adulthood and definitely ready, but she really wanted to eat the male. She had been doing the whole thing with her abdomen.

 

[Borya]

I see.

Thank you for the information.

 

[agent A]

I don't think a female likes the cone. Letting her eat the male will help with the eggs she will lay.

 

[Rick]

I don't think a female likes the cone. Letting her eat the male will help with the eggs she will lay.

No more than any other large meal. And sometimes you cannot sacrifice your only male.