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OfflineAdolin
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My mantises hatched! * 7
    #21737441 - 05/29/15 04:05 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

check it out. arent they adorable?

i let most of them out, there were about 200, kept about 40. mainly because it started raining, and they didnt want to leave yet

gonna let more out tomorrow, depending on how many are still there alive in the morning

eventually, there will only be one worthy of the terrarium.









Edited by Adolin (05/29/15 04:07 PM)


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21737446 - 05/29/15 04:09 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

:thumbup:

I totally meant to buy a couple mantis eggs for the spring/ summer but completely forgot

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That is a nice lil terrarium you have set up though.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21737453 - 05/29/15 04:10 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Awesome:awebigvaped: wanna see those little guys grow up.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: musiclover420]
    #21737455 - 05/29/15 04:11 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

its temporary, gets the job done though. i wish it was a little bigger so they werent as cramped.

the one i'm gonna use doesnt have netting, so i gotta wait till their big enough to switch em over


their really neat. they constantly clean themselves like cats


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21737462 - 05/29/15 04:13 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Mantises are very interesting creatures

I remember I found a huge one a few years back that guy was like the size of my hand

He would always put his arms up and try to fight me lol


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: OhMrJohnson]
    #21737529 - 05/29/15 04:34 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

praying mantis' are sick...


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: mindbodysoul]
    #21737744 - 05/29/15 05:27 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

I find egg sacks all over my obsidian piles.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: passifloracaerulea] * 4
    #21738094 - 05/29/15 06:59 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

set one aside in a small tupperware bin, with some leaves, twigs, and a little ground beef and wet cat food. it can eat whichever its little heart desires, till its big enough for ants, flies and moths

its name is moonshoe.



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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin] * 2
    #21738144 - 05/29/15 07:09 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Praying mantises eat ground beef? What the fuck.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Psychonautica]
    #21738157 - 05/29/15 07:10 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

How much do they sell for?

Unless you plan on keeping all 300 of them


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Psychonautica]
    #21738163 - 05/29/15 07:12 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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Praying mantises eat ground beef? What the fuck.




they do. you give it to them by running a cotton string through it, and they eat the little chunks

they cant survive on it forever though, after 1 or 2 molts, they need to have chitin in their diet, which beef doesnt have and insects do

the babies like wet cat food too, like i said. they just need a little coaxing before they realise its food. he seems to like turkey-gravy FancyFeast. but ignoring the beef string


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Patlal]
    #21738175 - 05/29/15 07:14 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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How much do they sell for?

Unless you plan on keeping all 300 of them




you can buy adult chinese mantises for like 5-15 USD. it only cost 30$ for 5 egg cases though, each of which produces 75-300 alienbugs

i wont be selling any. i have 4 more egg cases out doors, and i released 75% of these ones that i hatched inside.

im gonna release a few more, and let the rest battle it out


wanna know what the most balanced diet is for a mantis? other mantises.


Edited by Adolin (05/29/15 07:36 PM)


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21738181 - 05/29/15 07:14 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

That's fucked up.

Once they mutate from the nuclear apocalypse we're all so fucked.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21738183 - 05/29/15 07:14 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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Quote:

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How much do they sell for?

Unless you plan on keeping all 300 of them




you can buy adult chinese mantises for like 5-15 USD

i wont be selling any. i have 4 more egg cases out doors, and i released 75% of these ones that i hatched inside.

im gonna release a few more, and let the rest battle it out


wanna know what the most balanced diet is for a mantis? other mantises.




So you'll have an insect free backyard guaranteed then


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Psychonautica] * 3
    #21738187 - 05/29/15 07:15 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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That's fucked up.

Once they mutate from the nuclear apocalypse we're all so fucked.






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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21738195 - 05/29/15 07:16 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Cute :cheersyoufuck:


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Psychonautica] * 1
    #21738215 - 05/29/15 07:21 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

It has begun



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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: musiclover420]
    #21738254 - 05/29/15 07:30 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)



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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Psychonautica]
    #21738319 - 05/29/15 07:42 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)



adorable to the third degree

Mantis are the cats of the insects world


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21738340 - 05/29/15 07:46 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

If cats slaughtered, and ate each other, and also ripped off each other's heads after sex..

How exactly are they like cats again?


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Psychonautica]
    #21738345 - 05/29/15 07:47 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

:lol:

I remember that guy from all the ridiculous college humor videos he was in.

:awejeez: Now I really want some... That is super cute, it looks so chill :toke:


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Psychonautica]
    #21738349 - 05/29/15 07:48 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

i dunno. theyre cute, cleam themselves, kill anything smaller than themselves, and love you because you're a gigantic god that gives them food


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21738394 - 05/29/15 08:03 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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Quote:

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How much do they sell for?

Unless you plan on keeping all 300 of them




you can buy adult chinese mantises for like 5-15 USD. it only cost 30$ for 5 egg cases though, each of which produces 75-300 alienbugs

i wont be selling any. i have 4 more egg cases out doors, and i released 75% of these ones that i hatched inside.

im gonna release a few more, and let the rest battle it out


wanna know what the most balanced diet is for a mantis? other mantises.



You should totally film this mantispocalypse, I'd watch.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Seriously_trippin]
    #21738398 - 05/29/15 08:04 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Figure out a way to give some of them weapons.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Psychonautica]
    #21741266 - 05/30/15 02:21 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

after about 30 hours hatched, they still seem unwilling to eat eachother. they also don't want to eat the ground beef, or cat food, unless i coax them to by putting it in front of their face. they run away from eachother mostly


hopefully one of them balls up and starts eating his brethren, or else all i'll have is little Moonshoe, who has learned to love his catfood.


Edited by Adolin (05/30/15 02:23 PM)


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21741283 - 05/30/15 02:27 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Fuck all those cat threads. This is by far the cutest thread I've ever seen. Moonshine is going to be the strongest mantis because he eats his cat food. I really hope he wins when the cannibalism starts.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Mr.GuessWork]
    #21741380 - 05/30/15 02:56 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Go to a pet store and buy the fuckers some Crickets.


or are crickets still too big for the lil dudes?


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Psychonautica]
    #21741411 - 05/30/15 03:01 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

even baby crickets are a little too big, unless youre willing to pick out the small ones with tweezers or something


at this stage, pretty much all they eat are Ahpids, teeny-tiny spiders, and fruit flies(the tiny ones)



i might be able to get flightless fruit flies from a local animal shop, but the problem is that they are so small that they can crawl through the mesh coving the terrarium


Moonshoe loves crawling on my arm. i wonder if my fruious typing upsets him?  it must be like a damn earthquake to him


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21741419 - 05/30/15 03:03 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

I had 3 mantis eggs from last year and none of them hatched :frown:

send me some mantises.  PM me and i'll give you my address and some paypal money.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: teamkiller]
    #21741430 - 05/30/15 03:04 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

He already said he wasn't selling them.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21741432 - 05/30/15 03:05 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

As long as food is abundant and they have a little space to get out of each others way, they're not going to become cannibals at this stage. Which species are they exactly?


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Jamo]
    #21741470 - 05/30/15 03:12 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

@ teamkiller

i would if i could. if you lived nearby(pittsburgh) i would be happy to give you basically as many as you want. but i'm not equipped or informed enough to ship live insects

yeah though, apparently the egg cases are a gamble, because females lay them whether they are fertile or not. so if youre unlucky you could get a bunch of un-impregnated egg sacs that wont produce anything

i would be willing to bet that there are local sellers near you though. lots of exotic-animal shops that sell lizards also sell mantises





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As long as food is abundant and they have a little space to get out of each others way, they're not going to become cannibals at this stage. Which species are they exactly?




Tenodera aridifolia


Edited by Adolin (05/30/15 03:27 PM)


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21741515 - 05/30/15 03:22 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

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Quote:

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As long as food is abundant and they have a little space to get out of each others way, they're not going to become cannibals at this stage. Which species are they exactly?




Tenodera aridifolia





actually, that's what they were sold as. i have no idea if that is the actual species or not. so far, they are brown. i dunno if that will be the adult color or not


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    #21741597 - 05/30/15 03:46 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: dr_gonz]
    #21741653 - 05/30/15 04:09 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Badass

:sambergfive:

Totally gonna watch this thread.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: ThatKidWithTheFace]
    #21741680 - 05/30/15 04:15 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

WHATEVER BRO, i want a ghost mantis ANYWAY.

I'm just kidding, congrats on the healthy babies.  yeah pretty sure my lady was infertile just laying eggs for no reason.  the previous year i had an eggbound female and that was pretty horrifying to watch her stomach rot.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: teamkiller]
    #21743139 - 05/30/15 11:24 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Moonshoe is doing pretty well. hes noticeably fattened up

theyve been around about 40 hours

there was a SNAFU with the cat food. turns out, gravy is like fucking quicksand for mantises. Moonshoe got stuck several times, and several mantises in the main emclosure basically drowned in it.

gotta be more careful. they are so delicate


cool part though, moonshoe barely even needs to be inside a container, he will sit in the same spot for hours on end. hes been sitting under my bankers light for like 3 hours now. so far i only need to put him in a container when im not around or asleep


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21743148 - 05/30/15 11:27 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

i wonder if there is a way to move this thread to my journal :strokebeard2:

if any mods can do that, please do


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21743211 - 05/30/15 11:45 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

when they get bigger, the males will get antsy and start flying around, the females i just leave on plants and they're fine as long as they're not hungry or thirsty.

I dunno about this cat food, every petco and petsmart will have  flightless tiny flies you can feed them.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: teamkiller]
    #21743249 - 05/30/15 11:54 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

make this the "my mantis growing up and becoming awesome" thread, gresh


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: memes] * 3
    #21743263 - 05/30/15 11:58 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

awesome is a bit of an understatement, dont you think?


my mantis will become a killing machine. he will become power incarnate. he will have over three hundred comfirmed kills.

you don't fuck with the Navy Mantids


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin] * 2
    #21743338 - 05/31/15 12:22 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Mark my fucking words


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21743381 - 05/31/15 12:39 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Woah there's a ton of them!  Did you find a preggers one or something?  The first picture I had to grid off the pic and look hard to find them.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21743393 - 05/31/15 12:43 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Growing up in Salinas (lettuce capitol of the world they call it, heavvvvy farming area) the local orchard supply hardware store had mantis egg sacks for 4 bucks, and lady bugs for like 6 bucks.  You buy them to release them in your yard as pest control options. 

I always tried to get my parents to let me buy a mantis egg sack to hatch and keep like OP is, but they always shot me down even though I've always been allowed to have oddball pets.  Snakes, scorpions, tarantulas, lizards, geckos, etc


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Cognitive_Shift]
    #21743399 - 05/31/15 12:45 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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Woah there's a ton of them!  Did you find a preggers one or something?




actually, i just ordered some egg cases from amazon


there are tons of dealers who sell mantis egg cases in the winter. i'd link you to the seller i bought them from, but theyre sold out. if you want to raise mantises, you buy the egg cases in the winter, and keep them refrigerated until you want them to hatch in 2-6 weeks. they're kind of a seasonal insect

adult mantises are pretty common in exotic animal shops during the spring and summer though, if you only want one and aren't feeling like raising, and thinning out a herd of 200 alienbugs


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21743651 - 05/31/15 02:51 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

thats pretty awesome, theres like 10-20 mantis' in there lol


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Soulidarity]
    #21743661 - 05/31/15 02:58 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

There's way more than ten to twenty in that picture. Gresh probably hatched a couple hundred from the egg sac.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Psychonautica]
    #21743664 - 05/31/15 03:01 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

its pretty cool. he's going to have a mantis army to do his bidding


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Psychonautica]
    #21743665 - 05/31/15 03:01 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

I happened to be scrolling through the animal thread and saw this buried way back..




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    #21743680 - 05/31/15 03:14 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin] * 1
    #21746814 - 05/31/15 11:23 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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i let most of them out, there were about 200, kept about 40.




So let me get this straight, you let a foreign invasive species into the wild around your residence?


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: lowbrow]
    #21746825 - 05/31/15 11:29 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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Quote:

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i let most of them out, there were about 200, kept about 40.




So let me get this straight, you let a foreign invasive species into the wild around your residence?





that particular species of mantis might not be a local one, but we already have mantises around here.



you seriously sound like some lame ass hippy in that post, blaming me for introducing a beneficial insect just because it comes from asia

the Japanese/Chinese mantis has the exact same diet, temperment, habitat, whatever, etc as the Carolina mantis

take note that the Carolina mantis is native to Pennsylvania. as well as several other species.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21746838 - 05/31/15 11:35 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

there might be 2300+ species of mantis, but like 2000 of them are the same damn thing with miniscule physical differences. they all do the same thing though, eat other bugs.

mantids can be found in almost every vegetative habitat on earth


I'm not introducing any invasive species.


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    #21746844 - 05/31/15 11:37 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

They said the same thing about the grass carp and the walking catfish.  Hell, they probably said it about the ball python.


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    #21746855 - 05/31/15 11:40 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Imma release Africanized honey bears in your neighborhood for the lulz :awesome: If they smell honey in your house hundreds will swarm the dwelling! With teeth that can sting multiple times, they are not to be fucked with. The only out is to hide underwater with a small tube for breathing for atleast 30 minutes.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: lowbrow]
    #21746859 - 05/31/15 11:42 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

i'm not sure i understand. i had no idea carp or catfish were a problem. people love catching and eating those things.

whats wrong with fish? do they make the brook by your house stink?


as far as ball pythons.... ive never heard of that being a problem either. they are mostly pets, and non venomous.


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    #21746877 - 05/31/15 11:49 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: lets drive around]
    #21746887 - 05/31/15 11:54 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

for real. i named a pet after the guy. how has he not posted in this thread. i was expecting some sage advice for raising my alienbugs



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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21746889 - 05/31/15 11:55 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Chinese mantis is native to Pennsylvania i believe.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: teamkiller]
    #21746900 - 06/01/15 12:00 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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Chinese mantis is native to Pennsylvania i believe.




that doesn't surprise me. its basically the same damn thing as a Carolina mantis, except less expensive and is more green colored


mantises are mantises.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin] * 1
    #21746905 - 06/01/15 12:05 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

U should fight them for $$


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    #21747790 - 06/01/15 09:42 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Patlal]
    #21748103 - 06/01/15 11:49 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

i only have the one atm. i let out the rest, they were a pain to try to feed

the phone in my camera cant really get pics of them though. we had to get out an actual camera to get the shots in my OP.

he hasnt grown anyways, guess he has to molt first


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin] * 1
    #21763461 - 06/04/15 09:29 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

got a new phone today, snapped some new pics

hes still the same size, but his torso is a little wider from eating. once he molts in 2-3 days, he should be about twice this size.







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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21788359 - 06/10/15 01:36 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Moonshoe still hasn't molted. its got me a little worried, after 12 days. but it wouldn't be the first late molt i guess. after the first few days of feeding him wet catfood, hes been eating 2-3 gnats a day with plenty of water.

hopefully he will molt soon, or else moonshoes days are numbered



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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21788405 - 06/10/15 01:44 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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check it out. arent they adorable?

i let most of them out, there were about 200, kept about 40. mainly because it started raining, and they didnt want to leave yet

gonna let more out tomorrow, depending on how many are still there alive in the morning

eventually, there will only be one worthy of the terrarium.












Cool, I always thought mantises were cool. :utterconfusion:


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Hayoxp]
    #21788455 - 06/10/15 01:53 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

its hard to see, took me like 10 tries to get a decent pic, but heres moonshoe eating a gnat, its the black nugget under his face:




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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21788466 - 06/10/15 01:55 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

if he doesnt' molt, whys that mean he's gunna die?  can't he just be like, lazy and shit?


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: memes]
    #21788485 - 06/10/15 01:59 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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if he doesnt' molt, whys that mean he's gunna die?  can't he just be like, lazy and shit?





well, from what i know from the internet, most mantises will stop eating and molt at around 7-14 days, and after that its likely that will stop eating and just not molt at all, starving themselves after a couple days



my main concern is that ive been smoking in the same room as him and may have fucked him up somehow


he hasnt actually stopped eating though, so, who knows


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    #21788510 - 06/10/15 02:04 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

wtf. they just stop eating and die?


what stupid, stupid bugs.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: memes]
    #21788547 - 06/10/15 02:12 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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wtf. they just stop eating and die?


what stupid, stupid bugs.




Nah, in a way, they're immortal. It's always the same thing passed down.


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    #21788549 - 06/10/15 02:13 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

yeah. they think they are about to molt and stop eating, and then never end up molting and die.

they are even more vulnerable when theyre molting, cause they do it upside down and their bodies are basically goo while its happening. so if they fall, they end up deformed and generally die.

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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21788566 - 06/10/15 02:16 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

We'll have him a shroomery funeral if he doesn't make it :frown:

If he's still eating it just seems he's not ready to molt. You said yourself they need Chitin, catfood has no Chitin, and chitin would be what his shell or skin or whatever he molts is made out of. So he might just not have the nutrients required to create his new skin.

Idk shit about mantises though, just connecting dots. Keep us posted on the life and times of Mr. Shoe.


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    #21788573 - 06/10/15 02:18 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Is there any psilocybin in them? Lets  inject  mantises's psilocybin into our veinz. :busytripping:


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    #21788584 - 06/10/15 02:20 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

My christ dude, is all you're capable of, shitposting?


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I instantly like anyone who hatches and releases mantis or monarch butterflies.

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    #21789086 - 06/10/15 04:21 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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We'll have him a shroomery funeral if he doesn't make it :frown:

If he's still eating it just seems he's not ready to molt. You said yourself they need Chitin, catfood has no Chitin, and chitin would be what his shell or skin or whatever he molts is made out of. So he might just not have the nutrients required to create his new skin.

Idk shit about mantises though, just connecting dots. Keep us posted on the life and times of Mr. Shoe.




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    #21789100 - 06/10/15 04:24 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Nice mantids.

I plan to breed some exotic mantids one day.
My goal is to have a bunch of Ghost Mantis and Orchid Mantis.
Both of those are so beautiful.

I'll have to grow my own food that flies though which will be the challenge.


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    #21789102 - 06/10/15 04:24 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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they cant survive on it forever though, after 1 or 2 molts, they need to have chitin in their diet, which beef doesnt have and insects do

the babies like wet cat food too, like i said. they just need a little coaxing before they realise its food. he seems to like turkey-gravy FancyFeast. but ignoring the beef string



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Their bodies make the chitin, they don't need to eat chitin.




Now I have to look this up myself, god damn it you guys are supposed to spoon feed me the correct information the first time.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21789104 - 06/10/15 04:24 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Nice one Gresh. They're kinda scary.

How many of them do you expect to survive to maturity?


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He only has one left, but it might not make it.



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    #21804761 - 06/14/15 02:29 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Moonshoe has not molted, but hasnt passed away either.

hes been eating regularly. he actually ate the head of a blowfly, along with 3 gnats today. he ate more today than ever actually.



i just dont know whats wrong with the little guy. its been more than two weeks and he hasnt molted.

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    #21804765 - 06/14/15 02:31 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)



Hipster Moonshoe says molting is to mainstream?:shrug:


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Psychonautica]
    #21816908 - 06/16/15 09:51 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Unfortunately, Moonshoe passed away last night. probably 12-18 hours ago

yesterday he wouldnt eat, and would barely move at all. i got up this morning and he was laying flat on his side.

He was a pretty cool dude, but didnt want to molt. its probably my fault though, one way or another



this whole thread just turned depressing, but i figured i wouldnt leave anyone hanging.

R.I.P Moonshoe. 5/29/15 - 6/16/15


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Adolin]
    #21816911 - 06/16/15 09:53 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

there are still mantises around my yard probably. at least i hope

i hatched 4 cases (one got eaten by ants) outside, so there were about 800 of the little things total.

maybe ill see some adults in the late summer/early fall


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: OhMrJohnson]
    #21817022 - 06/16/15 10:23 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

OhMrJohnson said:
Mantises are very interesting creatures

I remember I found a huge one a few years back that guy was like the size of my hand

He would always put his arms up and try to fight me lol




Yes!! Same here! Except I knew this dude who would bring his mantis to school with him. It was huuugee and was always wanting to fight.


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: VivaLaMushie]
    #21817067 - 06/16/15 10:41 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

:lol:

That just reminded me of when I was in middle school some kid brought some small rodents to school, I forget exactly what. Hamsters maybe.

Anyways he was keeping them in his locker... Some escaped and one went and died in a girls bathroom or something. I thought it was kind of funny.

Besides the animal abuse side of it.

At the same school another kid stole his moms mace and brought it to school, the during class was excused to the bathroom where he ran around spraying it.

Mid class everyone started coughing all of a sudden then there was an alarm and a emergency broadcast to go outside ASAP.

At least one student and teacher were hospitalized due to allergies...


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: musiclover420] * 1
    #21817107 - 06/16/15 10:58 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Aww, rip Moonshoe..
if it was fun it was worth it.
Definately glad we got to tag along.
Thx gresh
best of luck next time but with 800 of those things, i'd say success!
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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: MichAnon.ael]
    #21817120 - 06/16/15 11:03 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

breed the big ones together for a couple decades nd maybe you can take over


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Does] * 1
    #21817153 - 06/16/15 11:13 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

For what it's worth OP, the same thing happened to me when I tried to raise Carolina mantids.
I don't think that species is the best for captivity; but some people seem to have a lot of success with them.

I want to try the giant Chinese mantid before ordering the trickier exotic ones.

Here's some mantid porn:







This is the ghost mantis, one of the species I want to breed:





And the orchids mantis, the other species I hope to someday breed:


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Re: My mantises hatched! [Re: Acaterpillar]
    #21818643 - 06/17/15 11:11 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

The one in the last pic is up to something.. :uptosomething: :awesketch:


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