Thistle Mantis Diary

[Morpheus uk]

These deserve their own thread to

They`ve all moulted whilst with me and one moulted again the other day :lol:

Ive always wanted this species since i got my first mantis, i got these from the BTS show aswell

When i first got them at 2nd instar.

Unpacked :lol:

3rd instar

 

[Morpheus uk]

And 4th instar photo`s from today

How many moults do they go through?

Its quite a lot from what i hear aint it?

 

[ABbuggin]

Nice pics! They are on my "want to get list" aswell.

 

[Katnapper]

Yes, nice pics Morph. I don't remember how many molts mine took to reach adult... I think that was about the time trying to keep track of everything, and my record-keeping started going to pot.

 

[revmdn]

I wanted this species also, but I missed Yen's post. I got a bunch of Walhbergii instead. Great pics.

 

[Cosmic]

Their coming along nicely mate, I think females are adult at 8th instar and males at 7th, but I'm useless at keeping track of moult numbers so I could be wrong

 

[Morpheus uk]

Thanks Cosmic

I usually keep track of the instar up untill 4th instar, then i cant tell when one does a sly moult and i completly lose track :lol: