Hi everyone,
who would have thought that I would collect so many mantids in such a short time.
what can I say, they grew on me. here are a few of my new and old pets that I have right now...
lets start with my first adult Female Ghost...
here she is a few days later...
she has already laid her first ooth. I'm not sure if it is fertile as I never saw the male have contact with her. yet he has been on her back for as long as 24 hours and once that ooth was laid, was right back on her back in under 30 mins. this ooth is huge. an easy 3 1/2" or maybe 4".
next we have D. Lobata. my L1s have all now hit L4 and are doing great.
I got 1 pair of sub adults and one adult female Sibylla prestiosa from Yen last month. my sub adult pair have just turned adult and all are doing great.
here is a closeup of her to show the wonderful detail of her body and regal crown she has on her head. they are a shy mantid but the females are great eaters.
Orchids right out of the box. tell me they are not cute.
here is Ms Cpt Hook. she has since molted fine into L3.
sadly I have 6 females and no males. all L3 by now. if you have a spare male at about the same age, please PM me.
next up, Acanthops. I think I have 2 pair.
I also have a few single pets that I got as gifts and a small bunch of texas unicorns. I'm sure I'll post some photos of them soon.
thanks for viewing,
Harry
who would have thought that I would collect so many mantids in such a short time.
what can I say, they grew on me. here are a few of my new and old pets that I have right now...
lets start with my first adult Female Ghost...
here she is a few days later...
she has already laid her first ooth. I'm not sure if it is fertile as I never saw the male have contact with her. yet he has been on her back for as long as 24 hours and once that ooth was laid, was right back on her back in under 30 mins. this ooth is huge. an easy 3 1/2" or maybe 4".
next we have D. Lobata. my L1s have all now hit L4 and are doing great.
I got 1 pair of sub adults and one adult female Sibylla prestiosa from Yen last month. my sub adult pair have just turned adult and all are doing great.
here is a closeup of her to show the wonderful detail of her body and regal crown she has on her head. they are a shy mantid but the females are great eaters.
Orchids right out of the box. tell me they are not cute.
here is Ms Cpt Hook. she has since molted fine into L3.
sadly I have 6 females and no males. all L3 by now. if you have a spare male at about the same age, please PM me.
next up, Acanthops. I think I have 2 pair.
I also have a few single pets that I got as gifts and a small bunch of texas unicorns. I'm sure I'll post some photos of them soon.
thanks for viewing,
Harry
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