Chinese mantis ooths hatching

[pigglett79]

Today one of our Chinese mantis ooths hatched. Yesterday we had a ghost mantis ooth hatch, but I don't have pictures yet. I figured I would give these Chinese ones a chance before the ghost ones look so cool that these are forgotten.

 

[ChamHoudini]

Nice but yea I cant wait to see the tiny ghost mantises I bet they are too cool

 

[pigglett79]

Nice but yea I cant wait to see the tiny ghost mantises I bet they are too cool

They are pretty cool. I will try to get some pics up tonight.

 

[maxttu]

I don't know about y'all, but the mantids don't stand a chance with my boys...

 

[deadhd5]

Awesome! This is my next feeder breeding project.... Although it makes me nervous that if I forget to feed them they will start eating eachother... Thats a lot of pressure!

 

[reefercheefer]

How long is the breeding and aging time span on these guys?

 

[pigglett79]

My boys love these things. I am not patient enough to breed them though. I know it is a long life cycle. They take several weeks just to get big enough to feed off. I read that ghost mantids can live for 9 months or longer. I am content to just buy ooths from others who are able to breed them. You can ask Ssimsswiss about life cycle times as he breeds all sorts of mantids.

 

[little leaf]

Awesome! This is my next feeder breeding project.... Although it makes me nervous that if I forget to feed them they will start eating eachother... Thats a lot of pressure!

they eat each other no matter how much you feed them - I only have about 40 left from about 300 org/ - and I just had ANOTHER one hatch 2 days ago

 

[pigglett79]

they eat each other no matter how much you feed them - I only have about 40 left from about 300 org/ - and I just had ANOTHER one hatch 2 days ago

I know! I was feeding my last batch of mantids like crazy and they still ate eachother. Those were egyptian though. I saw one eat a good sized cricket, then turn around and eat a mantis that was about the same size as he was.

 

[ChamHoudini]

That will happen I had plenty of crickets running around the whole time and they would still snag a brother or sister right next to em. :/ I guess its just mantis law to eat whats closest

 

[Chameleonmaster]

I want some mantids! You know you can send a ooth or 5 to me

 

[azn567]

I have some ooths for sale. Pm me

 

[pigglett79]

I am going to try my best to feed these guys like crazy for the next few weeks. I need lots of big ones for my hungry boys.

 

[Semiv6]

love them.

 

[PattyCake]

Hey, uh, is breeding mantids hard? And u guys actually feed them to chams? Wow! Can you guys tell me more about this?

 

[SSimsswiSS]

Hey, uh, is breeding mantids hard? And u guys actually feed them to chams? Wow! Can you guys tell me more about this?

I think there is a secret hand shake involved before giving this info. out.