08 August 2011

Ideal: day 75

Phoenix. Swift. Snips. Shorte. Mystery. Stiki. Four unnamed mantids.
Hatchet. Munch. Ideal.

All of these I kept, which makes a total of 12 I tried to raise from little nymph to adulthood. Sprout isn't, but with him that makes 13.
6 from the first, and 6 from the second. (Sprout doesn't count exactly)

Pheonix, Mystery, Stiki, and the four unnamed mantids were all from the first eggsack, of which none survived.

Hatchet, Munch, Ideal, Swift, Snips, and Shorte were from the second container. Hatchet, Ideal, and Munch were ones that didn't fall out when I shook it. the other three were ones that caught my interest by their looks.

As for Sprout the eggsack that he comes from is unknown, but if I had to guess it'd be the first one. I think I spread most of the second one deeper in the ravine, while the first one closer to the house, in particular the spot where I found Sprout, so it's very likely Sprout's from the first one.

Ideal looking around

Ideal sitting tight.

I hate to burst your bubble Ideal, but those fish are not food for you -_-

Ideal climbing up the arm of the chair


Mantis terrarium #2 complete, Ideal moved in at around 12:30 PM. :D

strange I was planning on adding Ideal's age in days, and I was surprised when I saw learned it turned out that Sprout was exactly 75 days old today.

Sprout is either 78 or 75 depending which eggsack he's from, but most likely he's 78.