mantis fry

[DMBillies]

I'm not sure how (because I didn't think I had two mantis), but I have mantis fry swarming in my nano. Go here if you're interested.

 

[NeveSSL]

Wow... this should prove interesting to see how this came about!

Brandon

 

[rsteagall]

Dood... you've gotta save some.... !!!! Don't let them get sucked up and die. If you don't want to deal with them... I will or someone else might be willing to.

What kind are they?!

-Ryan

 

[rcmike]

Are you sure they aren't something else? I found a site with some mantis larvae pictures and they don't look like those. http://www.imagequest3d.com/pages/current/pictureoftheweek/stomatopod/stomatopod.htm

 

[Angela Short]

If you haven't had the shrimp long they can store sperm for a while in them somewhere....ugg, no comments I have read where a single shrimp can still produce eggs with the stored "stuff" for I am thinking 2 months maybe!
I bet lots of cheating gals wish they could have used that excuse when they turned up mysteriously pregnant! :lol:

 

[DMBillies]

Michael- They look like they would fit somewhere in between the 3rd and 4th stage on that link. They really do look a lot like an adult except they are clear (except for their silver eyes), have exagerrated limbs (i.e., they have what looks like raptorial appendages that fold just like an adults, but they are bigger in comparison to their body size), and their eyes are spread farther apart than you would expect of an adult.

I wouldn't absolutely rule out that it could be something else, but the rock has been in my tanks upward of 5 months and I've never witnessed anything like these before and the only other tank inhabitants are snails, hermits, and a damsel. Someone said they might just be pods, but they are about the size of an adult amphipod and I think it would be very strange for a swarm of 100+ adult pods to just show up all at once like they did.

 

[rsteagall]

Have you posted anything about this in the Mantis forum for Dr. Roy to check out?