Hi everyone,
today I got my D. Lobada from kitkat. he says that they were all L1 besides the one in the photo that is L2. they were much bigger then I expected. I was going to put 3 or 4 per a 24oz cup. yet I desided that for now I would put 4 per 32oz cup to give them extra room.
(yes, kitkat, you said to add then to their own cup, but dude, I got like 20+ creos alone in my bug room...can you give a guy a break with all that hand misting?)
they seem to get along quite well together without playing tag like my creos do (even with plenty of room, I'm going to start breaking up my creos into their own cup tomorrow...silly L2/3 creos fighting with each other in big cups too. it's like they are looking to start a fight with each other.
)
the Dead leaf mantids on the other hand act nicer then my ghosts. they seem to really get along with each other. they look so cool. like little twigs. I had to photograph one on a dead leaf since it would look like part of the twig it was on. kitkat added a ton of FF to the cup they came in. once I removed the cup from the box they started to eat like they were starving. so I gave them an hour before I spit them up. they also were the only mantids I have that seem to like to put their arms out in a defencive posture repeatedly. just look at them funny, and 1 or 2 of them would do it. it was funny.
clearly my collection is growing rapidly. it's all you guys and gals fault!!!!
you got me hooked on thies little gems of the bug world and I thank each and every one of you. :flowers:
here are some of my latest photos of my little ones...
L2 D. Lobata
mystery mantid from the forum mommy...I think it's a baby budwing (maybe)
why are they always cleaning their feet when they are on my fingers? I washed my hands for 30 mins, I'm telling you.
L5 male Ghost
Tiffiny the flower child eating a full grown male cricket. (took her an hour, but she ate the whole thing despite my friends thinking she would never even grab it from my fingers)
I hope you enjoyed.
Harry
today I got my D. Lobada from kitkat. he says that they were all L1 besides the one in the photo that is L2. they were much bigger then I expected. I was going to put 3 or 4 per a 24oz cup. yet I desided that for now I would put 4 per 32oz cup to give them extra room.
(yes, kitkat, you said to add then to their own cup, but dude, I got like 20+ creos alone in my bug room...can you give a guy a break with all that hand misting?)
they seem to get along quite well together without playing tag like my creos do (even with plenty of room, I'm going to start breaking up my creos into their own cup tomorrow...silly L2/3 creos fighting with each other in big cups too. it's like they are looking to start a fight with each other.
)the Dead leaf mantids on the other hand act nicer then my ghosts. they seem to really get along with each other. they look so cool. like little twigs. I had to photograph one on a dead leaf since it would look like part of the twig it was on. kitkat added a ton of FF to the cup they came in. once I removed the cup from the box they started to eat like they were starving. so I gave them an hour before I spit them up. they also were the only mantids I have that seem to like to put their arms out in a defencive posture repeatedly. just look at them funny, and 1 or 2 of them would do it. it was funny.
clearly my collection is growing rapidly. it's all you guys and gals fault!!!!
you got me hooked on thies little gems of the bug world and I thank each and every one of you. :flowers:
here are some of my latest photos of my little ones...
L2 D. Lobata
mystery mantid from the forum mommy...I think it's a baby budwing (maybe)
why are they always cleaning their feet when they are on my fingers? I washed my hands for 30 mins, I'm telling you.
L5 male Ghost
Tiffiny the flower child eating a full grown male cricket. (took her an hour, but she ate the whole thing despite my friends thinking she would never even grab it from my fingers)
I hope you enjoyed.
Harry
