Shedding Gongylus gongylodes

[Pelle]

Hi,

Here are some photo's of a Gongylus gongylodes female shedding to subadult.

 

[Pelle]

 

[Pelle]

 

[Pelle]

Finished!

 

[yen_saw]

Very nice Pim, wonderful sequence. One more molt to go eh!

 

[Kruszakus]

I captured the whole molting sequence of a female turning adult. Plus, I have some gay Gongy pics as well - wanna see it?

 

[mrblue]

great sequence!

 

[Kruszakus]

And for the adult femele...

 

[Kruszakus]

And the rest of the pictures...

And two males getting gay with each other...

 

[Pelle]

Thanks Yen and mrblue

Nice pics Kruszakus! I still have to wait a little while for the final molt..

Haha, I hope they will turn straight for you :lol:

male becoming subadult

 

[Rick]

Very nice! The comments on the two males was pretty funny.

 

[Kruszakus]

I wish I could have gotten the camera sooner - one was actually trying to mate with his brother!

 

[ABbuggin]

My females will be shedding to the sub-adult stage very soon. Can't wait!

 

[harryallard]

the shed looks like something out of the movie alien :huh:

 

[Mantis_Whisper]

Wow, that's kinda funny about the gay mantises. I wonder how they worked that out.

Beautiful pictures, and beautiful mantises. I really can't wait until I can get some.

 

[mantidian]

how big do they grow to??

and do the nymphs need heating when young?

 

[Kruszakus]

how big do they grow to??and do the nymphs need heating when young?

Females grow up to about 8-10 cm from the top of the head to the end of the abdomen. Males can reach 7.5-8.5 cm, but after including wings to the measurement - and they are much less bulky.

Nymphs need around 32-35C to grow healthy and at a steady pace - I don't think anyone has room temperature like that, so some heating is necessary.

 

[yeatzee]

Nice, thats about SoCal weather lol, would just some moss on the bottem sprayed daily suffice their humidity needs?

 

[Kruszakus]

Nice, thats about SoCal weather lol, would just some moss on the bottem sprayed daily suffice their humidity needs?

Them nymphs don't got no need for humidity - no spraying is necessary. On the other hand, them ooths do require some humidity - sometimes even quite a lot.