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Sphodromantis sp tanzania--legs like a newborn colt!
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<blockquote data-quote="Deacon" data-source="post: 290635" data-attributes="member: 8619"><p>Krissim Klaw,</p><p></p><p>Okay, this is what I saw this morning: Her wings, although perfectly shaped, are more toward her right side; her abdomen torques toward the left when she's hanging but is perfectly aligned when she is upright which then makes her right tegmina touch the ground. While hand-feeding her, I noticed that she is not on her abdomen but resting on the top joint where her skinny legs begin so she splays the long legs out mostly flat. She can walk without dragging her bottom though. Still acts like a gangly colt. I'm pretty sure she was too low when she molted and those long legs left her on the ground in a corner that she couldn't climb out of with her fresh legs.</p><p></p><p>I don't think any of this will prohibit mating her if I decide to give it a go. They are certainly beautiful mantids. I had my male Hierodula out feeding at the same time with the Sphodromantis male and except for the different hue of green, their shape is very similar. (The females are very different because the Sphod. is at least twice as wide. I thought the Hierodula was big until this girl emerged. Wow!)</p><p></p><p>So now all fourteen of my nymphs have molted to adult. Yay! </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deacon, post: 290635, member: 8619"] Krissim Klaw, Okay, this is what I saw this morning: Her wings, although perfectly shaped, are more toward her right side; her abdomen torques toward the left when she's hanging but is perfectly aligned when she is upright which then makes her right tegmina touch the ground. While hand-feeding her, I noticed that she is not on her abdomen but resting on the top joint where her skinny legs begin so she splays the long legs out mostly flat. She can walk without dragging her bottom though. Still acts like a gangly colt. I'm pretty sure she was too low when she molted and those long legs left her on the ground in a corner that she couldn't climb out of with her fresh legs. I don't think any of this will prohibit mating her if I decide to give it a go. They are certainly beautiful mantids. I had my male Hierodula out feeding at the same time with the Sphodromantis male and except for the different hue of green, their shape is very similar. (The females are very different because the Sphod. is at least twice as wide. I thought the Hierodula was big until this girl emerged. Wow!) So now all fourteen of my nymphs have molted to adult. Yay! [/QUOTE]
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