Sinomantis denticulata pairing

[Precarious]

Nice pic!

A - male, B - female. A pair!

YES!!! Just as I suspected! Thank you for the great news!

I cannot express how excited I am.

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

i am very excited for both of you. I hope you guys succeed. I would definetely buy an ooth from you guys(if you guys sell of course)!

 

[yen_saw]

Took a while for this female to produce this ooth. Hopefully it is fertile.

 

[twolfe]

Congratulations! Is that the way they normally lay an ooth...only attached on one end?

My Sinomantis still haven't molted to adults yet.

 

[yen_saw]

Congratulations! Is that the way they normally lay an ooth...only attached on one end?

My Sinomantis still haven't molted to adults yet.

Thanks Tammy. Yeah that's the way, a thread attached on top of the lid suspending beadlike string of ootheca below. Remind me of Acanthops ooth.

 

[bobericc]

Really awesome

Havent had much luck with this species..

My third out of three past at subadult

What conditions are best for sinomantis?

 

[Precarious]

That is a big ooth! Two to three times the length I got from you last time, Yen.

 

[gripen]

congrats Yen! i love the hatching vid precarious.

 

[yen_saw]

Really awesome

Havent had much luck with this species..

My third out of three past at subadult

What conditions are best for sinomantis?

I keep them around 80F/50%, plenty of shade, no direct heat or light. They do better with live plants, probably keep the humidity higher that way.

That is a big ooth! Two to three times the length I got from you last time, Yen.

I remember the vids! Good timing there Henry. Yes the ooth is bigger than I thought. Usually that is the case for first ooth, but enormous ooth makes me worry everytime.

 

[happy1892]

Thanks Tammy. Yeah that's the way, a thread attached on top of the lid suspending beadlike string of ootheca below. Remind me of Acanthops ooth.

I like the pictures. Sinomantis denticulata are beautiful! Do they do that so that ants and other animals can not find them easily? Green Lacewings lay their eggs like that.

 

[yen_saw]

I like the pictures. Sinomantis denticulata are beautiful! Do they do that so that ants and other animals can not find them easily? Green Lacewings lay their eggs like that.

Yeah is for camouflage reason i assume.

 

[yen_saw]

Pair up the same female once more.

Afterwards she finished the entire cricket

 

[Precarious]

Wow! Great pictures, Yen! The one of her holding the cricket looking into the camera is perfect!

 

[gripen]

Pair up the same female once more.

Afterwards she finished the entire cricket

say cheese

 

[meaganelise9]

Ah! I love their little evil-looking faces! So awesome.

 

[lunarstorm]

The eye-to-head ratio seems pretty amazing with this species.

 

[yen_saw]

Caught her depositing ooth midair!

 

[Precarious]

Caught her depositing ooth midair!

WOW!!! AWESOME CATCH! What a lucky shot. She didn't stop when you removed the lid?

By the way, my female is now adult. Molted just last week. How long before she can breed?

 

[yen_saw]

Thanks Henry. Yes she stopped! i won't do it again :blush: I waited only 10 days after she matured, as the male eagerly pair up with her. BUt she didn't deposit her first ooth until few weeks later, by then she has been mated a few times.

Still waiting for the first ooth to hatch

 

[agent A]

wat do L1 nymphs eat? i may want some one day

very cool!!!