New bugs!!!

[Truffs1178]

Here are some giant leaf insect eggs I just bought. They're due to hatch in three months. And here are some baby flower mantids and Egyptian mantids I also just bought. They hatched a week ago. I'm going to breed these once they're fully grown. I bought 8 flower mantids and 6 Egyptian mantids. They are being heated to about 25-30 degrees Celsius so they grow faster and healthier. I find that mantids kept at room temp often die randomly, get shedding problems, plus they take ages to grow. I find keeping them at temperatures their species is used to in the wild works better and gives them more energy, but you have to feed them more often.

Im going to keep updating this thread over a few months to show you guys how they are doing, what hatches and how successful the breeding is going. Enjoy.

[Delivor]

Great work! the mantids are so small

[Truffs1178]

Great work! the mantids are so small

Thank you. I have to be really gentle with them and am only feeding them fruit flys at the minute. I could also give them micro crickets but I think fruit flys are better.

[Truffs1178]

Another cool thing about this species of leaf insect is that there are no males kept in captivity. All are female and lay eggs without mating. All these eggs will hatch out to be exact copies of the mother. There are Phyllium philippinicus and Phyllium siccifolium males kept in captivity but no on can find any Phyllium giganteum males in captivity.

[Delivor]

Another cool thing about this species of leaf insect is that there are no males kept in captivity. All are female and lay eggs without mating. All these eggs will hatch out to be exact copies of the mother. There are Phyllium philippinicus and Phyllium siccifolium males kept in captivity but no on can find any Phyllium giganteum males in captivity.

Thats what I love so much about certan phasmid species. You dont need to do anything and they will breed!
Cant wait for the updates! =)

[Truffs1178]

I just hope they will hatch first! They were pretty cheap though so I could get more.

[JeffreH]

Awesome Jack! Congrats!

I'll hold you to the updates! Looking forward to them = )