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[pohchunyee]

This is to quench the thirst of those out there looking for Idolomantis diabolica. L6 male showing threat pose!! I will keep update on the status...

(Once again....please DO NOT message me asking/pleading to sell my Idolomantis diabolica. I will DEFINATELY BLOCK you!!)

 

[wero626]

This is to quench the thirst of those out there looking for Idolomantis diabolica. L6 male showing threat pose!! I will keep update on the status...

(Once again....please DO NOT message me asking/pleading to sell my Idolomantis diabolica. I will DEFINATELY BLOCK you!!)

dang what a awsome looking pictures took took those look really neat.. ^_^

 

[Kruszakus]

How many have you got left? And how long did it take for you to get them to L6?

 

[ABbuggin]

Nice. B)

 

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[SIZE=14pt]thats one crazy looking dude [/SIZE]

 

[Eldur]

WOW, that is amazing! Great pics!! Those are awesome, wow.

 

[pohchunyee]

How many have you got left? And how long did it take for you to get them to L6?

I started with 38...sadly I am down with 21. Most of them mismolt or fell while molting (very few caniballism). All of them hatch on June 9, 2009 and it took me about 2 months to get to L6. I am assuming by September I should have adults! I put them in community tank and have excess flies in it so that they will not go hungry. Also, there is a 100watt bulb place 6 inch above to keep the temperature in the day at 28 - 35'C.

Hope this help... I know you have hundreds of them!!!

 

[a1_collection]

Amazing picture. Just wonderful.

 

[Christian]

Looks better than what I'm used to see. Particularly funny are those enclosures where the light comes from the bottom... or the side... very natural! And then people complain they were not successful!

21 should be the right amount to start a culture. I use the same cage type in larger (60x60x90) as an outdoor enclosure in summer. You will need a larger enclosure anyway when they grow larger.

 

[Kruszakus]

From 38 to 21? Whoa! That's a lot of casualties, and that happened in less than two months?

 

[Rick]

What is in the bottom of the cage? I would think the lamp is causing the humidity to go down too far causing molting problems. Do they really require that kind of heat? I need to get these to see why it seems so hard to raise them.

 

[pohchunyee]

I use the same cage type in larger (60x60x90) as an outdoor enclosure in summer. You will need a larger enclosure anyway when they grow larger.

Thanks for the tips. I split them up at L5. I have to split them up again by gender when they are at subadult to bigger enclosure anyway.

From 38 to 21? Whoa! That's a lot of casualties, and that happened in less than two months?

I think 12 - 13 of them died from L1 - L2. Then they do well.... once in a while one will fall while molting or caniballized.

What is in the bottom of the cage? I would think the lamp is causing the humidity to go down too far causing molting problems. Do they really require that kind of heat? I need to get these to see why it seems so hard to raise them.

I read Yen's log and he kept them at high temperature in the day and cool at night. The bottom of the cage is a dampened paper towel. Then the bigger deli cup is placed in with shaved aspen + water. The two smaller cup 1 for flies pupae and the other is food for the flies. The humidity is always high. I also spray them 2X a day.

 

[revmdn]

Nice pics.

 

[gadunka888]

now i know where those people who design star wars got their inspiration from lol

 

[pohchunyee]

now i know where those people who design star wars got their inspiration from lol

Since you are form S'pore....you might grow up with the series Kamen Rider (Masked Rider).... They get inspiration from insect...especially mantis, grasshopper and beetle....

 

[gadunka888]

oh yeah.... i see lots of masked rider shows. It gets boring if you watch it too often. I haevn't seen a mantis-inspired character yet.....

 

[pohchunyee]

More picture taken today (after reading the comment made by Becky on DonL. - I am not bogus!!!).... L7 Male and L7 Female

L7 Male

L7 Female

L7 Male and Female Together

 

[hibiscusmile]

Yo nice babies!

 

[ABbuggin]

Very nice. My gongylus and empusa are not very far behind, they will be L6 in a few days. B)