The Mantis Team

[Mantis Lady]

Today my new addtions to my mantis family arrived healthy: 2 unsexed ghosts and hierodula membranacea female.

I have made their homes ready and fed the new guys. The ghosts grabbed their fruitfies fast and for the hierodula  was only 1 fly ready to be eaten, so i fed her grasshopper abdomen. It was still too big to grab it herself. Handfeeding her was easy,  she grabbed out of my tweezers fast when she tasted it all bellies are full.

I like the stripes on her legs. I hope she will keep those. I need to think about a good name for her.

I tried to take a picture of 1 of the ghosts. this blurry thing shows one of them:

 

[Graceface]

Cute! ?  Congrats on the new additions!

 

[Mantis Lady]

Thanks I am happy to see my mantis family growing again.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Fun! Congratulations on your new 'family'

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

I have 7 again, that is good. my desk is invaded by mantids again.

 

[Mantis Lady]

I think I  am going to take a picture of one of my new ghosts. It was surprising me it wasn't that bad at all for a small creature like a L2 ghost.

And its antennea are moving really fast it ended in a blur

Think I am going to call it spooky. That name fits a male or female. It is cute

 

[MantisGirl13]

Aww! Soo cute! Spooky is a great name!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Graceface]

What a cutie! Spooky is a good name ?

 

[Mantis Lady]

ok, Spooky it will be now the other ghost is still nameless.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Hmm, what can you name the other one? I am sure you will think of a great name!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

Maybe a ghosty name or just "Ghosty" doesn't not show what gender they are, you can help me to show their genders when they are l4

 

[MantisGirl13]

Yeah, I can help you! Ghostie sounds like a great name!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

I think I will call the H. menbranacea  "Aurene" . The 2 ghosts are called "Spooky" and "Ghosty" And 2 names to think off to go

 

[MantisGirl13]

Aurene is a pretty name.

- MantisGirl13

 

[hysteresis]

Beautiful!  I am *fascinated* by this. 

 

[Graceface]

'Boo' is a cute ghost name, like Boo Radley from 'To kill a mockingbird.' 

 

[Mantis Lady]

Hehe. I have only 2 ghosts, someone else can use "Boo"

Beautiful!  I am *fascinated* by this.  

You can start a collection too. You start with 1 and end up with a lot

 

[Mantis Lady]

Spooky molted last night. It is a lot bigger than Ghosty. I think he will be having a big appetite tomorrow because his abdomen is flat.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Congrats on the molt! I had a ghost ooth hatch this morning and I got to watch!

- MantisGirl13