Sally's mantis thread start 05/13

[agent A]

awwww!!! how'd u get the cali female to be green??

 

[sally]

awwww!!! how'd u get the cali female to be green??

Lol, she came that way as a nymph and stayed green as an Adult. Same exact conditions as the brown girl.

 

[sally]

7/16/20013 Mated the Stagmomantis brown girl and my little brown male a few days ago. They connected for around 8 hours. Still waiting on an ooth from momma to be Blepharopsis m. my green stagmo female wasn't ready to mate yet so I removed my male fast lol. The first of the female Orchids molted to adult successfully, Yay!! The T sinensis girls need some males so I am bringing them outside a lot hoping for some males to show up. I think it is way to early, but still worth a try Sweeny, my little old golden male Rhombodera stalli lost his back feet. He is still eating and moving around a lot, but I think his time is getting near....

 

[sally]

07/18/20013 I couldn't figure out why my B mendica mated female wasn't laying oothecae....... lol she was just great at hiding them, found 4, Yay!! She is very temperamental, heavy on the mental part The griffins are getting big. I love the blue eyes on this boy. The Green Stagmo cal girl mated today, hoping for the safety of my cute little male

 

[agent A]

nice! my male cali molted while I was away but his wings are a total mess :lol:

 

[Jinx]

Great pictures! I love the big beautiful blue eyes!

 

[sally]

Great pictures! I love the big beautiful blue eyes!

Thank you!

 

[sally]

nice! my male cali molted while I was away but his wings are a total mess :lol:

Oh noooo. I am sure he will be able to mate anyway

 

[sally]

My brown stagmomantis californica wanted to mate again.....now I will never get to sleep. She is the really agressive one who displays and nips me everytime I handle her. I don't want her to eat my cute little male so I will prob be up all night now worrying lol. How different the green female is. She never displays and never bites or pinches.

 

[sally]

7/30/2013 Remated the green Stagmo cali girl (the sweet one) Snow white the Orchid mantis molted to adult, Creos now L3, Taumantis L3 , H bipapilla male (I think) Sweeny old man still kicking My other Orchid girl is pretty green... The deadleafs are getting big also I will take pics of them next time

 

[agent A]

my unmated cali gal seems very mentally unstable

maybe shes still too young

 

[sally]

my unmated cali gal seems very mentally unstable

maybe shes still too young

Maybe she is like my brown female, she is the most unstable, mean little thing lol. I still give her honey, and she eats it displaying the whole time

 

[sally]

07/31/2013 Received Theopropus elegans female and Hymenopus coronatus male today! T elegans mating successful (only 40 minutes though)

 

[sally]

August 1, 2013 Butterworm day! It is a Deadleaf block party. Almost everyone loves worms.... Not the Orchids or B mendicas though... My male griffin molted to adult. Look at those loooong antennae, and pretty wings. Cute little Orchid male<3

 

[Jinx]

I need to start finding other foods for my Ghosts and Chinese Mantis to eat. I feel like they're getting a little burnt out on the fruit flies (probably not though). They're so cute cradling and noming on their Butterworms.

 

[sally]

8/9/2013 All the griffins have molted to adult. They are a mix of gray and dusty purple camo One of the newly hatched B mendicas molted to L2 The Orchids won't cooperate with mating lol .

 

[scytheclaw]

awesome collection,definately like the elegans

 

[mutrok4040]

love the photos

 

[sally]

August 12, 2013 update.... All the griffins are adult now. I just can't get over the antennae on my male The Blephs have turned L2 and are looking more like their elders... The H bipapilla female is growing great. The male is waiting patiently for her to grow up The taus are getting big too. The girls love, love, love the Orchid female. She really needs to start mating now...

 

[sally]

8/14/13 Finally!! Orchid mating success