SOme pics taken recently

[yen_saw]

GUess what species am I?

yep adult female S. prestiosa. Molted out recently.

 

[yen_saw]

Ah i posted up too soon, just add more pics taken today.

ANother P. ocellata ooth hatched, a record for me, 58 nymphs hatched

My Zoolea female happily chowing down a moth

one adult male failed to get complete molt..bummer :angry: but i think he can still mate

Dead leaf taking down a roach

 

[spawn]

After seeing your pictures of the feeding, it reminded me of what I discovered today. Although it bears little relevance to the pictures, I found that if your mantis isn't bold enough to take on a full size lobster roach, milk the abdomen of the guts, and it should come out as one large piece, with little mess. Because it's innards, it's easier to get them to eat it (tease them by putting it up to the mandibles).

 

[asdsdf]

Ooohhh! Congrats! How long did you incubate the ootheca for?

 

[yen_saw]

I believed it was about 36 days asdsdf.

 

[asdsdf]

:blink: Mine are 40 days! Is that bad?

 

[macro junkie]

:blink: Mine are 40 days! Is that bad?

im no pro but i cant see 4 days difrent being bad.

 

[yen_saw]

:blink: Mine are 40 days! Is that bad?

Nothing to worry about Jasper. cooler temperature could delay hatching for few days. i have some hatched in 34 days, and also some took as long as 43 days to hatch. The one shipped abroad took even longer, but what matter is they hatched out fine