Mostly I think I thought you were older because you're particularly well-spoken.Scared to ask, what did you imagine me looking like?
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Mostly I think I thought you were older because you're particularly well-spoken.Scared to ask, what did you imagine me looking like?
Mostly I think I thought you were older because you're particularly well-spoken.
She is absolutely gorgeous Congratulations on growing such a difficult species to adulthood.Those are some beautiful mantis! Here's my female Violin Mantis:
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She finally molted to an Adult lat month and now I am on a mission to find her a mate~
She is absolutely gorgeous Congratulations on growing such a difficult species to adulthood.
If you like, I can ask around on the forum I'm on that's principally concerned with insects and arachnids to see if anyone is also looking for a mate.
If I ever get the space to set up proper heating etc. I'll eventually get into some of those species. Alas, I am limited on expansion as with everything else...
Thesprotia are finally getting to a size where I can actually photograph them and not the background
Thesprotia graminis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And one of the spinys was being prissy a few days ago, made for a good photo shoot
P. wahlbergii by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. wahlbergii by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
They hatched yesterday and I've spent hours trying to get them all into cups now; turns out I won't have anywhere near enough containers either . The prediction was around 100 nymphs, but pretty sure I've got at least double that.