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[Mantis Lady]

The name was too shortly used so this girl may carry the name in Cleo the first honor She is not a scardy cat. She attacked and ate a very fat fly this morning.

Last night Soraya molted. She is way bigger than her sister now. She had a good molt, but she has very thin abdomen. I hope she will eat tomorrow, I have a few flies I need to get rid of.

 

[MantisGirl13]

 Congratulations on the new addition! 

Can we see a pic of Soraya now?

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

hehe, i will try to take a pic of Soraya but is a bit blurry. (She was eating her first fat fly. in her cup)didn't want to disturb her breakfast.

 

[Prayingmantisqueen]

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.

Mine still have their strips, they are L5 and L6... So she probably will.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Aurene lost the stripes with her last molt sadly enough.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Little Cleo likes flies, the bigger the better

@MantisGirl13A pic of freshly molted Soraya you can find in her topic

 

[Graceface]

What a beautiful mantis! Cute photo ?

 

[MantisGirl13]

? Cleo is beautiful!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Prayingmantisqueen]

Aurene lost the stripes with her last molt sadly enough.

Aww then mine will too probably..

 

[MantisGirl13]

Aww then mine will too probably..

They still are awesome without the stripes!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

They are, but the stripes made them more special

 

[MantisGirl13]

Yeah, ok, I guess you are right! 

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

i was feeding my mantids and gave Soraya her fly and took a picture of her eating:

when I looked at her (?) picture, I saw a segment that shows she is a male and not a female. I need to think of another name. This name doesn't fit anymore. I will have a look at Ayaweyas butt when she has eaten too. confusing this.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Strange! I see what you mean and you are right! 'She' is a male!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

Maybe I have a couple after all But Ayaweya still need to eat her fly. I think i can have a good look at her abdomen when it is full. Her abdomen is still flat.  But I still hope she is female.

Maybe I will call  the male Tybalt.

 

[Prayingmantisqueen]

Maybe I have a couple after all But Ayaweya still need to eat her fly. I think i can have a good look at her abdomen when it is full. Her abdomen is still flat.  But I still hope she is female.

Maybe I will call  the male Tybalt.

I know the struggle! You know how many times I changed my three's names!

Well Tybalt is cute!

 

[MantisGirl13]

Yeah, that is a cute name! I hope that Ayaweya is a female!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

I will feed Ayaweya a second fly and think her abdomen is full enough to have a good look at the segments, but i hope i don't need to change her name

But Tybalt is a good eater for a male

 

[Mantis Lady]

Aurene climbing my desk

 

[Prayingmantisqueen]

Cute