The trio

[Mantis Lady]

Now only this brown one needs a name

 

[Mantis Lady]

Update: Flash molted last night and Yoda is being busy with molting. Flash kept her/his green color but looks smaller than Mantis 1. I will show some pics later

 

[MantisGirl13]

Congrats on the molt! I am glad that Flash kept his coloring. You should call mantis #1 Cricket. Please do post some pics!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

I am thinking to call mantis 1: Hunter because he/she ate 3 fruitflies in 1 go. Cricket is not a good name, does make me think about food for mantids

Here are some pics of the freshly molted nymphs:







Hunter and Flash are L3

Yoda is L4, but dont think he has grown a lot during his molt.

 

[MantisGirl13]

I have a Sphodromantis gastrica named Hunter too! This will get confusing...

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

Post a pic your your Hunter. Is he brown too?

 

[MantisGirl13]

No, He's green. Let me take a pic, and ill see if i can figure out how to post it...

- MantisGirl13

 

[MantisGirl13]

Here he is. He is so fast, so please excuse the bluriness?

 

[Mantis Lady]

Your mantids deserve a topic too because they are mantids. (and I like to see pics of other ppls mantids)

 

[Mantis Lady]

yeah the Sphodromantis never sit stil and hard to take a good pic

 

[MantisGirl13]

I know, right! I need to get a better camera before I can post too many pictures. Soon, though!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

Made a few pics of yoda and hunter during feeding time. Next time will take one of Flash too.

 

[MantisGirl13]

So pretty! I like Hunter's pink eyes, and Yoda is just so handsome!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

Here is a closeup of Flash: when I look at its butt it looks like a female?

 

[MantisGirl13]

Cute! If only they could actually talk and we could understand them! That would be amazing!  

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

It is a crappy picture, but this saturday i saw this marking on Yodas back. Why a marking there if it will be covered with wings when he is an adult.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Probably as part of the threat display as a nymph. You have such a pretty little man there! 

Btw, my Hunter molted a few days ago.  

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

gratz on the molt. Yeah that could be. Yoda keeps his abdomen always high up.

 

[MantisGirl13]

I think most flower mantid nymphs keep their abdomen over their thorax, until they are adult. I have noticed that my native species here don't do that.

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

I fed the little ones. The picture of Yoda wasn't good. Yoda has turned yellow with his stripes, but not visible on pic.



But i have some sad news too: little Hunter died. I never thought i would cry over a little bug, but I did. I made this to remember little Hunter: