what is going on..look at this nympth?

[macro junkie]

i dont get it..its been 12 days since they hatched Pseudocreobotra ocellata - spiny flowermantis .half have just shed to L2 like the 1st pic below..but i just saw something very odd?a mantid nympth thats alot bigger than the rest and has different colours..What is going on.this is spooky..please can someone tell me why its looking like this..they all in same net cage for now and i cant of mixed it up cause i dont have any other nympths.

Pseudocreobotra ocellata - spiny flowermantis

L2

L2.yes L2..i dont get it?is it pos its shed to L3 in 12 days? while the rest are only at L2? hmmmmm?

 

[idolomantis]

.... wel thats weird :/ maybe he/she/it has a kind of fast grow disease... or whatever give it extra good care...

 

[macro junkie]

mayby i should get another nypth stood by it and u can see its tiny bit bigger..weird huy?

 

[Hypoponera]

Yes, it is possible that one nymph is a molt ahead. It may be the more aggressive eater. I have had several nymphs from the same ooth grow at different rates. These were semi-communal species and reared in the same tank, so no environmental caused differences. They just grow at different rates.

I have no experience with your species. However, I have 2 wide arms that each went through 3 molts during the month of Dec! So that is 1 molt every 10 days. While going from L1 to L3 in 12 days seems a bit fast, but possible with plenty of food and heat.

 

[yen_saw]

The second pic you have there is a mantis that just shed momentarily so it might appear to be larger and lighter in color. Mantis "expand" considerably coming out from the moult and will remain "large" for short period of time, but will later go back to its own size. So that could be a second instar still, unless this is a super fast one, or just a larger than usual L2 specimen.

 

[macro junkie]

yer..i just thought even for L3 it looks kind of strange..its blue?and the abdomen looks different?looks like a hole different species..lol i have separated it for now..be cool to see what happens next when it moults.so far its looking like its going to be a good looking one..i took mug shot..il edit the pic then post it in sec.

 

[macro junkie]

The second pic you have there is a mantis that just shed momentarily so it might appear to be larger and lighter in color. Mantis "expand" considerably coming out from the moult and will remain "large" for short period of time, but will later go back to its own size. So that could be a second instar still, unless this is a super fast one, or just a larger than usual L2 specimen.

but others yen that have just this second shed look nothing like it..il leave it 24hours then il take another pic..see if it changes back..looks pretty cool tho dont it..

 

[macro junkie]

your right yen..i had a look and its all turned black. :lol:

 

[yen_saw]

MJ, you will find assorted colors of nymphs in a group of P. ocellata, eventhough you keep them in the same temperature and humidity, something i notice with my group which is interesting. Whereas P. wahlbergii prefer to remain more or less similar colors when keep in the same conditions. So you are not getting a "different" kind .

 

[idolomantis]

and there ends another problem...................................................