The Mantis Team

[Mantis Lady]

yup, i have only 1, maybe i buy another when I know what gender mine is. it is so small.

When i saw it on my breeders site, I wanted to have one NOW. And now I have one. I hope i can take more pictures of him, but like the ghosts they are small to get a good pic easy.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Today we celebrated my hubbies birthday and I showed my nephew my new mantis collection. He even handled Aurene (she is the biggest of the mantis family, not easy to loose)I like to talk about mantids. Even my mother in law wanted to handle Cleopatra, but Cleo prefferred to stay on my hand lol, I think she didn't recognize my mother in laws hand and preffered to stay with me.

The ghosts I showed in their cups. I was afraid  to loose them because we have a lot of brown furniture at home.

Cool! I love it when guests take an interest in my mantids, because I love to show them off and talk about them (Who doesn't ?  )!

 

[Mantis Lady]

Molting time started again with the molt of Tybalt last night. He had a good molt.

 

[hysteresis]

@Little Mantis  BEAUTIFUL! 

So... forgive a novice for asking. 

When a mantis molts, I understand they can mismolt from remnants not shed, or from a fall etc.

To molt successfully, do they just drop to the bottom of their enclosure from their molt then climb back up, or do they just step out of it and maintain grip on the surface they started from? 

I mean *typically*. 

 

[Mantis Lady]

So... forgive a novice for asking. 

Not a problem at all.

They search for a good place to molt. Mostly that is on the lid of their homes. They don't jump down after their molt. They climb out of their molt on the lid again to dry.

I hope you can see a molt happening or else there are vids on you tube that shows you a mantis molting.

 

[hysteresis]

Thanks for so much. 

I just watched this with the boys. I explained why it's so important to LOOK before they move our nymph jars around. 

I imagine we'll have molting Mios soon enough.

This forum is AMAZING.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Congrats on the molt, @Little Mantis! 

@hysteresis Watching them molt is so cool!  This Forum is amazing!

- MantisGirl13

 

[hysteresis]

As I understand it, this is the Cadillac of world mantis forums. 

 

[Mantis Lady]

Thanks for so much. 

A vid tells morethan 1000 words Good that your boys watched it too, so they will know what will happen when your mantids molt. Nothing is so fun as watching your own mantids molt.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Tybalt was very hungry: the fly was just a few sec in his cup and he puts his mandibles in it   Tarzan was hungry too. He grabbed his fly fast too and started eating. The others have tomorrow feeding day. I like mantids with a good appetite. 

 

[Mantis Lady]

I made some new pics of Panther: He is eating a fruitfly.

 

[hysteresis]

So cute!

 

[MantisGirl13]

Aww, adorable as always!!!!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

It is their eyes that make them cute but hard to take a good pic of him/her.

I think my last H. golden is a female. I had a good view at her her underside of abdomen and saw she was female. I will give her the name Soraya.

 

[MantisGirl13]

It is their eyes that make them cute but hard to take a good pic of him/her.

I think my last H. golden is a female. I had a good view at her her underside of abdomen and saw she was female. I will give her the name Soraya.

Great! Soraya is a good name.  

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

Tarzan has molted this morning and is in the drying up fase. He is now big enough to help me to get rid of the fat juicy flies. But not today

 

[hysteresis]

That's wonderful.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Tarzan ate a big juicy fly today. Think I am going to give him tomorrow another one. His abdomen is still a bit too flat. He has a lot of growing to do.

Aurene just molted and has grown a lot. She hangs to dry now.

 

[hysteresis]

Sounds wonderful!

 

[Mantis Lady]

I will show a pic of freshly molted aurene soon. but not today