Mantis Molt

Angel7989 · #1 09/25/2007, 01:07 PM

So thankfully Circe didn't die during her first molt with me (yay)
i was out and my mom called me and told me she molted so i went home right away to find my dumb urchin chowing down on her molt. so i shooed him away with a chopstick and shes dug a hole in the sand to bury it (i think).
i also turned the white light off and left the blue one on for some of the pictures, to not stress her out.

i was also lucky enough to snag her beater, i opened it and left it out to dry.
here is it closed...

here is it opened...

i also managed to take her face too....

helipilot · #2 09/25/2007, 03:53 PM

Great pics. Which species of mantis is it?

ck1 · #3 09/25/2007, 04:31 PM

Wow, those are some great pics. I had not realized the open/close anatomy of their "clubs".

Thanks for sharing!

Julie

abrahamcho · #4 09/25/2007, 06:31 PM

how big is your urchin? Does anyone know if a G. smithii will go after it?

Angel7989 · #5 09/25/2007, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by helipilot
Great pics. Which species of mantis is it?

shes an Odontodactylus scyllarus

Angel7989 · #6 09/25/2007, 08:56 PM

my urching is about 6" in length

Angel7989 · #7 09/25/2007, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by abrahamcho
how big is your urchin? Does anyone know if a G. smithii will go after it?

it really depends on the attitude of your mantis. mine bumps into it once in a while but she hasn't taken a whack at it yet.

BALISTIK · #8 09/25/2007, 11:30 PM

great pics!

Angel7989 · #9 09/28/2007, 10:52 PM

thanks