The Mantis Team

[Mantis Lady]

Some good news: Neferiti gave me an ooth today. Too bad it is an infertile ooth because she is not mated.  She wasn't eating for a few days. Her grasshopper was just sitting ther on one of the brances i put in there. But her ooth is big:

She is thin now. What is the best time for feeding her again? Tomorrow? I think she will be very very hungry.

Liyana molted to adulthood but her wings didn't dry very well. She has to live with it.

i was at the pet shop today for fresh grasshoppers and bird stuff for Cochise and I boufg myself a Polyspilota Aeruginnosa female. You can keep them at room temperature. I think she is a L5, but not sure. They couldn't tell me what instar she is. She is very jumpy And curious. I named her Sheralynn.

Meet here my newest girl:

 

[MantisGirl13]

Congrats on the newbie! She's cute. Nefertiti laid a HUGE ooth compared to her body size. 

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

Yeah, I didn't expect the ooth to be so big. It was really a surprise when I came home en seeing this ooth being made. I gave her a grasshopper this evening and it was devoured in no time

She is like I know her: a bottomless pit

 

[hysteresis]

Wow. Like a BOMB. Congratulations!

 

[Mantis Lady]

Gladly it doesn't explode I think I should remove the ooth to make more room for a new one.

 

[Mantis Lady]

I removed the ooth.  she can lay a new one there. Thinking what to do with it. Maybe collecting in a jar or something, like the skins What are you doing with the unfertitized ooths?  I still have Spookies ooth too. Sadly enough it never hatched.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Nefertiti is very fat again and Liyanas abodemen is growing too. I hope they both will give me ooths   Little Sheralynn might molting soon. Her belly looks still full

When I was cleaning the dubia box I saw little dubia babies walking there. think I got 20-30 dubia babies. I never intended to breed them, but I think they mated during the heatwave. I hope they grow fast so i can feed them to Sheralynn. think they are still to small for Sheralynn to see them as food.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Sheralynn molted last night. I went to the WC and saw Sheralynn molting. She has grown a lot. She need to move to a bigger home soon. This one is too small now.

Nefertiti is ready again to lay an ooth  again, I hope. She is still eating like she is starving.

Liyana is eating well too. I hope she will give me a nice ooth too.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Nefertiti gave me last night a new piece of mantis art: she laid an second ooth for me: it is smaller than her first ooth.

I am hoping Liyana lays one soon too. She is very fat at the moment.

 

[hysteresis]

What are you doing with the unfertitized ooths? 

I keep the unfertilized ooths for a bit - usually with the molts. Caleb usually grabs them, plays with them for a bit, leaving one under the couch, or another on a table. I just throw them out then. Truth be told, i don't see many unfertilized ooths anymore. If some don't hatch that should have, after a few months, I dissect to see what was going on inside.

 

[Mantis Lady]

I am thinking what to do with my ooths. Still have Spookies ooth too. For now I keep them.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Nefertiti is eating again:

 

[MrGhostMantis]

I just read this whole stream. This is really from a heartfelt mantis owner. My male ghost is taking forever to molt. His name is Casper. Once he molts he will mate my female Mandarin!

 

[MantisGirl13]

I just read this whole stream. This is really from a heartfelt mantis owner. My male ghost is taking forever to molt. His name is Casper. Once he molts he will mate my female Mandarin!

Keep him warmer and feed him more!

- MantisGirl13 

 

[hysteresis]

I just read this whole stream. This is really from a heartfelt mantis owner. My male ghost is taking forever to molt. His name is Casper. Once he molts he will mate my female Mandarin!

Male sub to adult molt takes long. Just sit tight.

 

[MrGhostMantis]

I’ve been waiting nearly 2 months now! I’m worried my female will die of old age!

 

[hysteresis]

I’ve been waiting nearly 2 months now! I’m worried my female will die of old age!

Naaahhhh

 

[Mantis Lady]

Still waiting for my Liyana to lay her ooth. I hope she is not eggbound. But i am a bit worring about her. I don't want to loose her.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Liyana likes to explore. ze found a place to sit on the home of my hissing roaches. I hope she will somewhere lay an ooth. i dont care where. she only has to lay one. You can see her abdomen under her misformed wings. She is very fat. The hissers are safe in there. She can't reach them.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Liyana never laid an ooth and now she is dying...  The sides of her abdomen are turning blackish. Is she rotting alive? I have to let her go..... poor girl....she was a good gentle mantis....