The Mantis Team

[Mantis Lady]

Spooky and Ghosty are both molting at the same time They both are hanging to dry. 3 molts on 1 day. Awaweya and Panther still need to do theirs.

About Cleo, I have the feeling she won't make it. She drank a bit honey water. She needed to molt too, But i fear she will never do it.

This is Aurene molting to L9

 

[hysteresis]

Regarding molting... I know they stop eating and perch up top.

Do they ever come down during the preparation period? Do they drink water during the time they're preparing for molt? How long will they stay like that?

My healthy golden ate a bit the first night, hand fed. Wouldn't hunt. Since then, nothing.

Her (I think a girl too) exoskeleton is definitely looking like a molt is imminent. Should I disturb her to present a qtip of water, or let her be? I mist her bin 2 times a day and even leave droplets of water on the mesh. I dunno. Maybe she is drinking. 

I dont want to mess up.

I did order Orin's newer book, but with the Canada Post labour strike disruption, I may not receive it for several more days. 

 

[Mantis Lady]

Do they ever come down during the preparation period? Do they drink water during the time they're preparing for molt? How long will they stay like that?

first sign is tthat they stop eating. slapping at their food, avoid prey. Then they choose a spot and stay there. I have my mantids not seen drinking. With Cochise the preparation  took long and was very hot, I gave her water to drink (adulthood) but she was the only one I gave water.

Her (I think a girl too) exoskeleton is definitely looking like a molt is imminent. Should I disturb her to present a qtip of water, or let her be?

Let her be. The preparing takes a lot of energy.

Talking about molting: I saw Panthers mini mini molt, so he molted too yesterday.

 

[hysteresis]

Talking about molting: I saw Panthers mini mini molt, so he molted too yesterday.

Little panther molt. That is so cool!

Thanks for your advice.

 

[Graceface]

Congrats on all the molts! 

 

[Mantis Lady]

....and Soraya is molting   Nice that they are molting at the same time. Now only Ayaweya to go.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Spooky is getting lighter brown:

 

[hysteresis]

Lovely! 

 

[MantisGirl13]

Spooky is getting lighter brown:

She is so pretty!!! 

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

Ayaweya decided not to molt yet. She is eating a fly.

Something annoying happend. I ordered some grasshoppers and the mail man brought it to a wrong adress. And I needed them. Hopefully the person who will have my pakage will bring it to me. I hate dissapearing mail.

 

[Mantis Lady]

My grasshoppers were delivered at the wrong adress. the mail man is blind or something. My number at my door is big. How could he miss it?.

My neighbor gave it to my hubby. I got my grasshoppers. (baby) I can give prey instead roach goo and something to hunt. The grasshopper shop wanted to send another pakkage as replacement, but I wrote them that I got them. But was nice that they offered it, but it wasn't their fault that it got lost.

</rant>

 

[Mantis Lady]

Panther and his molt

Panther eating a fly

 

[MantisGirl13]

Your panther is adorable! Congrats on the molt! 

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

My ghosts finnaly ate their bellies full. They both got baby grasshopper abdomen.  I am happy now . They are too big for FF now..

 Ghosty is still eating.

 

[hysteresis]

My ghosts finnaly ate their bellies full. They both got baby grasshopper abdomen.  I am happy now . They are too big for FF now..

 Ghosty is still eating.

Awesome! FF, while a necessity, just suck. 

 

[Graceface]

Yay! No more FF! Congrats on the molts

 

[Mantis Lady]

Too bad I am not done with FF yet. Little Panther still eats them and will take a couple of molts till he is done with them too.

 

[hysteresis]

Too bad I am not done with FF yet. Little Panther still eats them and will take a couple of molts till he is done with them too.

Im hoping to hand feed my mios bits of dubia and cricket. Still two waiting to molt.

Plus one rhombo that needs to molt.

Better grab more 1/4 pin crickets for when they're done. 

 

[Mantis Lady]

I will hand feed the ghosts too, till they are big enough they can hunt their prey themselfves. like fat big flies and other prey. They must eat.

 

[Mantis Lady]

The little flies hatched and at the moment Ghosty and Spooky are eating them. All mantids ate. I am happy