Some pics of my wide arms mantids

[robo mantis]

Hey these are some pics of the wide arm mantis nymphs i got from rick!

sorry about blurriness. This mantid didn't want to leave my hand lol.

 

[OGIGA]

Cute little thing. How many did you get?

 

[Rick]

Cute little thing. How many did you get?

About 10 or so.

 

[robo mantis]

i counted 7 a few died because i think i over fed because there were skinny one and fat ones and when i dropped flies in the fat ones ate and their abdomin ruptured.

 

[Rick]

i counted 7 a few died because i think i over fed because there were skinny one and fat ones and when i dropped flies in the fat ones ate and their abdomin ruptured.

Ruptured? I have never had that heppen. Were any dead on arrival?

 

[OGIGA]

I never thought that would happen.

 

[Peekaboo]

Sadly .... it's happened to me before. Poor Sweat Pea. Overfeeding is a concern unfortunately.

 

[robo mantis]

No none died on transit. Yeah one was laying on its side and it had brown liquid coming from its abdomin. I have 3 right now 1 boy and 2 girls

 

[yen_saw]

HI Robomantis, i never had such an issue with wide arm mantis at any stages, could it be that you are keeping them too humid/wet? It is strange and sorry to hear that you only have 3 left out of 10, that's a pretty bad casualty rate.

 

[Rick]

No none died on transit. Yeah one was laying on its side and it had brown liquid coming from its abdomin. I have 3 right now 1 boy and 2 girls

How do you know the gender? They are way too small to tell right now. If none died in transit let me know how you're keeping them becuase I have had no deaths from these. They shouldn't be dying.

 

[robo mantis]

Ok first of all i got 7. Then 4 died probably from over feeding. I fed them a few flies and misted the cage after feeding. Now this morning the last 3 dropped dead??? man i don't know whats wrong

 

[Rick]

Ok first of all i got 7. Then 4 died probably from over feeding. I fed them a few flies and misted the cage after feeding. Now this morning the last 3 dropped dead??? man i don't know whats wrong

Sorry to hear man. I really doubt it was overfeeding to be honest. The rest of the batch I have are all fine and I feed them TONS.

 

[robo mantis]

Then i want to find out how they died

 

[Rick]

Then i want to find out how they died

What conditions did you keep them under? Temps are important. What did you feed them?

 

[robo mantis]

I fed friut flies like i always do. I kept them at about room temp. i realy like those mantids to they are the most calm species i ever had.

 

[robo mantis]

I wish i had more