mantis pic posting time!

[metallica]

oh my, this is all to much credit!

 

[looseyfur]

not at all like I said before this is the best thread I have ever seen on this subject.

Ashame your so far away I would come to you in a second for my mantid needs.

btw are you ever going to get around to posting photos of their enclosures?

your pal-

Loosey

 

[metallica]

sure, as soon as i have my camera back.... i lend it to my parents, htere on vacation in Australia. they'll be back late next week.
so please a little patience.......... they'll get there!

 

[danread]

Ok, heres my efforts, not quite up to the standard of metallica, i only have two, a male and a female that i plan to breed in a week or so.

Cheers,

Dan.

 

[danread]

one more

 

[metallica]

Nice! good luck breeding them! i always put the male and the female togather in early evening. daytime is hunting time for the females. i lost multiple males on breeding attemps during daytime! i feed the female a large cricket/ waxworm and then put the male with her.

Eddy

 

[conipto]

I'm impressed. Was the one on the orchids the orchid mantis? Do you keep them in tanks with Orchids? That's a project I always wanted to try.. but I can't find them anywhere around here.. Do they live in the same environmental requirements?

Bill

 

[metallica]

Was the one on the orchids the orchid mantis?

yes it is, Hymenopus

Do you keep them in tanks with Orchids?

I did, some were kept on white orchids, some on purple orchids. it's nice to see the difrent collors!

Do they live in the same environmental requirements?

they like it moist and warm. so it's real important to ventilate!

Eddy

 

[Dafne]

OMG!!!
I visit this section very rare but now I know what I missed!!!

Eddy, there are no words to say how great is your collection... !!!
I AM JUST IMPRESSED!
It is even very hard to choose the best looking one... But I think that this first white beauty is the most stunning

Thanks for sharing all these awesome pics!

And... Eddy, I want MORE!!! You know... :}

;P

 

[luther]

Inspirational stuff indeed!

I think I'll have to buy a new mantis. My kids loved the one I used to have, since it was so easy to handle. They called it Minty. When it died I replaced it with a couple of giant leaf insects which they also enjoyed handling. I prefered the carnivore :}

I would really appreciate some expert care tips and a shot of one of your tanks, just to see how it should be done.

 

[deifiler]

Originally posted by metallica
go ahead punk, make my day!! http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/attachment.php?s=&postid=122346

That one looks more like an orchestral conductor

Sweet pics man... Inspirational....

 

[metallica]

oh she was a BITCH!! she eat 4 males, never could breed this species!

 

[MacCleod]

Is that Parasphendale affinis

I got one too, probably female, but she's just a baby (L2 or L3)

 

[metallica]

ja, overal staat dat kweken een eitje is, maar hier bij mij thuis dus niet...:?

 

[LaVarious]

Zeer aardige foto's!

 

[Steven]

Hey,...
some other DUTCH speaking persons here on the board,....

gezellig =D

 

[metallica]

got a new mantis.......

 

[metallica]

got some more pics of her!

 

[metallica]

to bad i only have one of these...

 

[metallica]

but she is mated..... so they say