The Mantis Team

[hysteresis]

LOL you have to look to Tybalt and not my screen

I lurked once. I saw you and your friends are very into Star Wars.

 

[Mantis Lady]

yup, I am, but not as much as in the past. I am more facinated by mantids now Next week a friend with a good camera will be taking pics of my mantids. Then i have pics of them in detail

Tybalt: handsome as ever. But I am seeing that his eyes has a darker glow.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Beautiful!

- MantisGirl13

 

[hysteresis]

I love the green. Wow!

 

[Charoozz520]

Those eyes are beautiful! 

 

[Mantis Lady]

I have to say Tybalt is perfect

Here a pic of Ayaweya: same age, 1 instar behind. She is here grooming herself after a drink of honey water. Her abdomen is full and I wanted to put some fluids in there. She was thirtsty.

 

[MantisGirl13]

From the angle of the camera, it looks like her wingbuds are a bit swollen. She might molt soon!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

I have the same feeling. I hope she will indeed molt soon. I have not the idea her addomen is getting flatter at the moment. But she needs her fluids.

I would love to see her with wings and maybe mating with Tybalt. The H.masjusculas are a beautiful species as adults. Tybalt is just a pefect mantis with his looks.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Tybalt is restless walking in his home sometimes. I think it is the urge that he wants to mate. But Ayaweya is still in her "teens" Poor guy.

Ayaweya isn't peparing yet, she is eating a small grasshopper

 

[hysteresis]

Hope she moves along a bit, hey?

 

[Mantis Lady]

I have put Ayaweya in a bigger enclosure to give her some room to lay an ooth,  if she has done it, I can put her back in her own home.

A few days ago i was looking at tybalt. His eyes has turned darker like you can see on the pic I made of him when he had his out time.

The second gastica molted too. They both are L3 but they have some size difference. 1 molt to go to see what gender they are

 

[Mantis Lady]

Can someone tell me why Tybalt has those spots on his eyes? I have never seen it before.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Could be eye rub or night eyes.

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

It is not night eyes. The lights are on and all other mantids have "day" eyes. eye rub  cam he get that bumbing his head to stuff? Could that be it? He has restless periods when he is walking in his home like I want to get out. (think he wants to look for a mate)

 

[MantisGirl13]

Ok. It is probably eye rub then. If he is bumping against stuff then that could damage his eyes like that.

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

I hope he won't loose his sight.

 

[MantisGirl13]

He shouldn't. It's just a mark on the outside of the eye, it shouldn't affect anything inside.

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

Good to know Too bad Ayaweya can't help him with his urge to get out and mate. I can't let him roam freely here with a dog in my home.

Aurene eating a grasshopper. you can see her mandibles clearly  she is soo fat en still being hungry. Unbelievelble. I hope she will lay an ooth soon.

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Spooky here eating her dinner. The Grasshopper fought for its life.. It was trying to jump free. But Spooky won. 

 

[MantisGirl13]

So pretty! 

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

It is nice weather today and I was in my garden. The temperature is nice too, so i took Aurene out to let her enjoy being outside and sun. I hope it will trigger her to lay an ooth. She is very fat and I hope she will lay one soon...