Some videos of my 'kids'!

[LazarusMantid]

Here's my two girls! Rowena, a Red Armed Mantis, H. Venosa and Eidolon, a Ghost Mantis, P. Paradoxa!

Rowena!

And silly little Eidolon!

Both of them!

 

[Coyote]

I really like ghost mantis. It will definitely be the next species i will keep. How hard is it to keep them ?

 

[LazarusMantid]

I dunno super easy. I treat her the same as my Red Armed and she seems to do great. In fact she likes the weather here better than Rowena. It stays around 80 in the house fluctuating from around 78-84. She loves it. I just spray her cage with distilled water every 3-4 days and feed her when her abdomen starts looking thin. That's it really. She's a good little girl and I notice the older she's getting the more personality she has! She likes to check things out now that she's an L5. I can't wait for her to get even bigger so I can see her beautiful features, especially her eyes!

 

[CosbyArt]

Eidolon is a great color, green is rather unique and one color Ghost I haven't had yet myself. Amazing that Rowena eats mealworms, likely the only food source I have never had a single mantid eat to this day.

I had to unmute the video to see what you were talking about with the music, it is rather out there. I keep Youtube muted as most times it is loud crazy music for any video.

I really like ghost mantis. It will definitely be the next species i will keep. How hard is it to keep them ?

Here is the caresheet, Ghost's are great even for absolute beginners as they are easy to care for. They also have a awesome exotic look, without the intermediate care level, like most other exotic looking ones.

 

[Sticky]

Nothing is more fun than climbing on cameras! I love your ghost too! Its such a solid green.

 

[LazarusMantid]

I got her from Mantis Monarch! I might be willing to send her somewhere too after she matures for breeding in exchange for 2-3 little ones if she can be mated successfully! Just thought of it right now. If she keeps her color once she matures it would be a shame to waste such nice genes

 

[LazarusMantid]

So.. there are actually a lot of green ghosts lol my bad.

 

[CosbyArt]

So.. there are actually a lot of green ghosts lol my bad.

Nah, it has become a bit more common lately, but is still rather unique. Some breeders have been trying to breed a mainly green strain, but even with green parents and a nymph born green they seem to rarely stay green to adulthood.

Either way a breeding offer is always a welcome sight - I was in the same position myself with my last Ghost.

 

[LazarusMantid]

Oh! We'll have to see! she only has 3 more molts to adulthood so if she keeps her vibrant green she may be valuable!