Eltortu Established Member Aug 10, 2011 #1 I caught this mantis over a week ago. Can't remember seeing this color before, think an albino? It has double in size and I think is about to lay...
I caught this mantis over a week ago. Can't remember seeing this color before, think an albino? It has double in size and I think is about to lay...
Eltortu Established Member Aug 10, 2011 #4 I thought, I had found one of a kind! She eats like there is no tomorrow, and her belly looks like it is going to explode any moment.
I thought, I had found one of a kind! She eats like there is no tomorrow, and her belly looks like it is going to explode any moment.
Syn Avid Member Aug 28, 2011 #8 :C you fed her off. I love mantids. I can't see myself using them as a feeder.
Eltortu Established Member Aug 28, 2011 #9 ...well I think her life was already spent...and she ate the male about two weeks ago...
Syn Avid Member Aug 28, 2011 #10 I have a friend who kept a mantid for two years (very weird process with cooling and warming back up)...
I have a friend who kept a mantid for two years (very weird process with cooling and warming back up)...
Eltortu Established Member Aug 28, 2011 #11 Syn said: I have a friend who kept a mantid for two years (very weird process with cooling and warming back up)... Click to expand... Mine last just about 7 - 10 months. And I feed them gutloaded crickets too...
Syn said: I have a friend who kept a mantid for two years (very weird process with cooling and warming back up)... Click to expand... Mine last just about 7 - 10 months. And I feed them gutloaded crickets too...
Syn Avid Member Aug 28, 2011 #12 Eltortu said: Mine last just about 7 - 10 months. And I feed them gutloaded crickets too... Click to expand... D'aww. I would just feel bad feeding it off after having it that long. I'm a bleeding heart.
Eltortu said: Mine last just about 7 - 10 months. And I feed them gutloaded crickets too... Click to expand... D'aww. I would just feel bad feeding it off after having it that long. I'm a bleeding heart.
Eltortu Established Member Aug 28, 2011 #13 Syn said: D'aww. I would just feel bad feeding it off after having it that long. I'm a bleeding heart. Click to expand... ...well, they are bugs after all...
Syn said: D'aww. I would just feel bad feeding it off after having it that long. I'm a bleeding heart. Click to expand... ...well, they are bugs after all...
Syn Avid Member Aug 28, 2011 #14 Eltortu said: ...well, they are bugs after all... Click to expand... But mantids are so cyoot. CYOOOOOOOOOOOOT. Ahem.
Eltortu said: ...well, they are bugs after all... Click to expand... But mantids are so cyoot. CYOOOOOOOOOOOOT. Ahem.
bmacd93 New Member Aug 28, 2011 #16 Eltortu said: ...and two oothecas later...View attachment 40717 View attachment 40718 View attachment 40719 Click to expand... lol that made me laugh.
Eltortu said: ...and two oothecas later...View attachment 40717 View attachment 40718 View attachment 40719 Click to expand... lol that made me laugh.
