MantisSouth T's

[The Dude]

So I just am posting a couple of my T set ups since I redid them today.

Containers are from Michaels. Left is A. versicolor and right is (I believe) A. hentzi

Yeah so maybe I went a bit overboard for a sling.

Only so wet cause I just had to move the dirt and plant the succulant on the side. (G. rosea)

Sorry for quality of pics, from my iphone which doesn't zoom and stuff. -.-

 

[The Dude]

Oh wow.. My rosea just flipped over and I'm excited cause I've had her for 5 years or so and she hasn't molted in 1-2

 

[The Dude]

G. pulchripes (used to be aureostriata?)

Rose hair cage again

Rose hair flipped

 

[The Dude]

So, I'm pretty sure what I thought was my rose hair, is actually a P. scrofa.. can anyone else tell from these pictures?

 

[The Dude]

Thought that I would post this picture of a shelf that I made last weekend. I got all of the supplies from home depot and cost under 100 dollars. Its not super sturdy so I wouldn't keep incredibly heavy tanks on it or anything. I pretty much just cut a place for the 2 foot double t5's on the underside of the shelves and then put them on there after wiring a cord onto them with a couple of bolts. All the actually cutting of the plastic and drilling of the screw holes was done with a dremmel. Anyways, here it is.

 

[BoBaZ]

Very nice and natural encolsures !

 

[biomarine2000]

You have any post molt pics of the rosea?

 

[The Dude]

Very nice and natural encolsures !

Thanks.. Will hopefully get some more pictures after I fix them up some more and borrow my girlfriend's camera.

 

[The Dude]

You have any post molt pics of the rosea?

Will try and get one up tomorrow if I can get my girlfriends camera.. Iphone just isn't cutting it.

 

[The Dude]

Here's the picture of my "rosea".

 

[biomarine2000]

Here's the picture of my "rosea".

How big is this t? It doesn't look like a rosea. More like paraphysa scrofa.
Here is a link to a paraphysa scrofa. Look at the little flash on the abdomen. I have one at home and would take a pic for comparison but i'm not at home. lol

http://www.thespidershop.co.uk/insect/images/P_scrofa_10.jpg

 

[The Dude]

It's probably about 4-5 inches. Was sold to me about 4 or 5 years ago as a rosea, but if you remember Wayne, I pm'd you that one time asking if they ever get the two mixed up since your scrafa looks so much like my "rosea". I'm pretty convinced that it's a p. scrofa.

 

[biomarine2000]

It's probably about 4-5 inches. Was sold to me about 4 or 5 years ago as a rosea, but if you remember Wayne, I pm'd you that one time asking if they ever get the two mixed up since your scrafa looks so much like my "rosea". I'm pretty convinced that it's a p. scrofa.

Yeah they can be easy to mix up if your not familiar with them, and I wasn't as familiar with them as I am now. Now that i've bred the species and am very familiar with them theres no doubt in my mind that you have a p scrofa. They are just as beautiful imo.

 

[The Dude]

Yeah, actually like their look better than roseas, except they apparently are a dwarf species.

 

[biomarine2000]

Yeah, actually like their look better than roseas, except they apparently are a dwarf species.

I like the fact that they are dwarf. I'll take a full body pic of mine and post it. She is stunning after her last molt.

 

[The Dude]

Thought I'd post a few more pics since I fixed up some enclosures and such.

G. pulchra

P. irminia

G. pulchripes

Backside of male A. avicularia

S. carolina that I found outside my house

 

[The Dude]

Since I don't usually get a lot of replies from the sexing forum, I thought I would post these on here. So let me know what you guys think. I already have my guesses. They are all very young so its probably pretty hard to guess well.

A. versicolor

G. pulchra

P. irminia

 

[The Dude]

Found this little lady outside of my house a few weeks ago. Not sure if its an A. anax or A. hentzi though. Anyone able to tell me?