The Mantis Family 2020

[MrGhostMantis]

He’s doing great! Although my female is aggressive, she just ate 14 flies sooooo...

 

[Mantis Lady]

Are they connnected?

 

[MrGhostMantis]

Not yet! Just waiting

 

[Mantis Lady]

Keep an eye to them, My male was lost for a day because I went sleeping wile they were sitting on each other

 

[MrGhostMantis]

Dang, did you breed them?

 

[Mantis Lady]

I tried but dont know if they ever connected. the ooth never hatched sadly  enough. I wanted little ghosts, but no luck

 

[Mantis Lady]

Clarissa laying her ooth a few days ago

 

[Mantis Lady]

Esmeralda didn't like feedig time. When I gave her a grasshopper , she gave me a threat pose:

I hope that this means she must lay an ooth soon. Her colors on her thorax are good visible now. she is a beautiful mantis

 

[Mantis Lady]

No Ooth from Esmeralda yet, yesterday she grabbed a grasshopper like useal. I hope she is going to lay soon takes a lot of time now...

 

[MrGhostMantis]

My female decided to lay 2 ooths on the same night then die 

 

[Mantis Lady]

Ugh, that is not nice. Think your female used all her energy to lay the 2 ooths

Clarissa stopped laying ooths somhow. Esmeralda must lay one. Have put extra sticks with her.

Here she is enjoying her dinner.

 

[Mantis Lady]

A little update about my 2 old mantid Girls of should I say grannies.

Clarissa don't want to eat much lately. drinking water or water honey she does. Think she is an elderly mantis. Esmeralda the same. Both I had to handfeed to get some fluids in them. Esmerlada ate a bit of the white goo  of a  roach. clarissa like to drink from a cotton swap. she grabs it with her arms and start drinking it.

they are nearing the end of their lives. there are no new ones yet because I don't want them to get stuck in transit  because of christmas.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Clarissa won't reach christmas. This morning I found her I her home and she stinks. And at this moment she is throwing up fluids and that stinks alot. Poor girl. I can try to give here a drink again, but dont know she will keep it inside...

 

[Mantis Lady]

She is died today. But she had a long good mantis life and gave me some ooths. But their lifes are really short.

Tomorrow i will bury her in my garden.

 

[MrGhostMantis]

R. I. P

 

[Mantid-Tim]

Sorry for your loss. Seems like she had a good life though.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Yeah she had, I will miss her.

 

[Mantis Lady]

I hope this elderly mantis will reach christmas.

She is here cleaning herself.

 

[MantisMart]

I hope so too. My favorite mantis was about a month short, but hopefully urs will make it!!

 

[Mantis Lady]

hope to get in new year some new mantids