today is a sad day

[ABbuggin]

Well last year, about this time, I took a break from the hobby. I took a break because I lost almost all my mantis innovatory ($450 worth) in a month. I still do not know why that happened. The only species I had left was a pair of Tarachodes sp. that I had been raising for a few months. It is safe to say that that very pair is what kept me in the hobby after such a loss. Well that pair happened to make it to the adult stage, and I was able to breed them (hence all the tarachodes I've been selling lately). The male dies within 24 hrs of mating :blink: and the female has lived this whole time, until today. She laid many many ooths and lived for an amazing 15 months! :blink: Well she laid her last ooth last night and today she is gone. I'll miss here but it is a good thing I have a freshly molted adult pair (as of Friday) and more on the way.

The Tarachodes, sp. is my favorite sp. and I will dearly miss that female because she is what kept me in the hobby during the break. I plan to continue breeding this species as long as I can (even if I only have the time breed one species while in college )

 

[macro junkie]

as they say "out with the old,in with the new"

i have Tarachodes, sp coming tomorow if the postman brings them on time...so u like this species?

 

[Andrew]

15 months from hatching or after last molt?

 

[macro junkie]

i think he ment it lived for 15 months from hatching?

She laid many many ooths and lived for an amazing 15 months! :blink:

 

[Mantida]

Hey AB,

sorry for your loss. I myself had two favorites, the first being a male Chinese, "Tehno", who pretty much kept me sane when I moved from Maryland to here. Sounds silly that a mantis helped me "cope" with the move and losing my friends and all, but he did just that.

 

[hibiscusmile]

You the man! I have some of yours and I love em, every time I go to water or feed them, they come out to see me and are such a pest. They wanna crawl around on me or just sit and look, they are so neat. I placed a place on my website on the tips and tricks page on these and a quote by you since I was able to have them due to your diligence!

 

[Precious]

That is one old lady. I should know. She served you well, and I'm sure you gave her the best of care. R.I.P.

 

[Morpheus uk]

Sorry to hear about that

Its always horrible when you have one of those favourite mantids