Shield mantis

[Rick]

Male nymph. Just a couple quick shots.

 

[joossa]

I like his eyes. Very nice!

 

[macro junkie]

im waiting to get this species of graham..i love there face..great subjects

 

[Birdfly]

im waiting to get this species of graham..i love there face..great subjects

I thought you didnt believe these were a sheilded mantis? you could have had some of mine for some P whalbergii ??

 

[Birdfly]

How are yours doing Rick? do you find them particularily thirsty?

My first ooth hatched and within a fortnight i'd lost half of them, spraying 3-4 times a day stopped then dropping off and i never suffered these losses again.

Mind you they were very well ventilated at first

 

[andy hood]

nice one rick , lovely species

 

[macro junkie]

I thought you didnt believe these were a sheilded mantis? you could have had some of mine for some P whalbergii ??

i dont have walbergie nympths yet..i have occertelle and id be happy to swap some..L5. pm me/

 

[Rick]

How are yours doing Rick? do you find them particularily thirsty?My first ooth hatched and within a fortnight i'd lost half of them, spraying 3-4 times a day stopped then dropping off and i never suffered these losses again.

Mind you they were very well ventilated at first

They are doing very well like most other med to large mantids I have kept. They ignore the water when I mist. You will find most newborn nymphs are thirsty. Losing most of them is normal for most mantids. I started with probably 300+ and I have about ten now.

 

[Birdfly]

They are doing very well like most other med to large mantids I have kept. They ignore the water when I mist. You will find most newborn nymphs are thirsty. Losing most of them is normal for most mantids. I started with probably 300+ and I have about ten now.

Yeah i know young uns like the humidity more but i have found with these (Yens stock) that they like a little more than usual, in fact i was quite taken aback by them. Wondered if it was the same with yours

I hardly lost any from this with the 2nd - 4th oothecae hatches but had so many i left them to canablize in the end.

 

[hibiscusmile]

Same here, real thirsty and eating their siblings :lol:

 

[yen_saw]

They are doing very well like most other med to large mantids I have kept. They ignore the water when I mist. You will find most newborn nymphs are thirsty. Losing most of them is normal for most mantids. I started with probably 300+ and I have about ten now.

300nymphs down to only ten!! Did you let cannibalism take cares of the extra or they all just drop dead? I didn't keep them anymore, but remember my first generation were generally doing fine with daily misting. I also noticed that using wild type fruit flies reduce cannibalism too.

 

[Rick]

300nymphs down to only ten!! Did you let cannibalism take cares of the extra or they all just drop dead? I didn't keep them anymore, but remember my first generation were generally doing fine with daily misting. I also noticed that using wild type fruit flies reduce cannibalism too.

It was a mixture of both. I kept them together for awhile. I don't need or want anymore than about what I have now. One just molted into subadult.