#golden hierodula

[wtfgaylittlezooid]

Been seeing a lot of ship charts for AvA and decided to do a relationship chart instead for the Bug Fables AU! I thought it would be fun since I think about the AU all the time and I don't tend to do a lot of ship content for this fandom. That, and it can act as a quick glance to all the characters and their designs.

A few notes: Some of these designs are placeholders or WIPs, I'll update this as I finish up designs. Sprout is the Piglin Child, Entity is the Lucky Block Entity, Maroon is the Corn Dog Guy.

Herobrine, Sprout, Ochre, Maroon, and Ginger are designed by @tatos-stick-pile

And since mostly everyone is shown here, all the species will be under the cut! :D

Alan: Deadlander Omega Second: Tree Bumblebee Chosen: Bald-Faced Hornet Dark: Black and Red Mason Wasp Victim: Cordyceps fungus in a Locust host

Blue: Blue Ghost Firefly Yellow: Caddisfly Red: Convergent Ladybug Green: Grasshopper

Agent: Dragonfly Ballista: Bombardier Beetle Hazard: Oriental Cockroach Primal: Budwing Mantis

Purple: Mothfly / False Citizen King: Violin Mantis Gold: Mantis Nymph Navy: Hierodulas Mantis Orchid: Orchid Mantis Maroon: Ruby Tiger Moth Ochre: Scalloped Oak Moth Ginger: Ruby Tiger Caterpillar

Herobrine: Golden Orb Weaver Spider Spider: Tarantula Skeleton: Deathstalker Scorpion Endie: Water Strider

Sprout / Piglin Kid: Leafbug Entity / Lucky Block: Haunted Cloak / Watcher Titan Ravagers: Amazonian Giant Centipede Reuben: Chomper

#anim vs bf au #THIS TOOK. SO LONG #LAWD #animator vs animation #ava #animation vs minecraft #avm #im not tagging all this #alan becker #my art #doodles

[fimbry]

Another beautiful pink toned Golden Hierodula! Of my 3 girls, 1 is golden, and 2 are pink like this. I shall name her... Pinkie Supreme.......

#hierodula #mantis #golden hierodula #bugblr #bug #insect

[onenicebugperday]

@masterkfox submitted: BB all grown up and now a fully fledged banana! They still like to hang out on my desk and watch Star Trek and YouTube. I managed to get a focused enough picture to see their three ocelli!

What a beautiful babe!!! I think female as far as I can tell from that middle photo? Although maybe I’m not counting the abdominal segments correctly from that angle. Either way very precious. And VERY nice ocelli! I’m glad they are still doing well!

#animals #insects #bugs #hierodula venosa #giant asian mantis #submission #golden armed mantis #praying mantis #mantid

[bugsandnaturethings]

Pics of my 4 new babies!!! Top two are H. membranacea (Giant Asian Mantis) and bottom two are H. venosa (Giant Golden Mantis)

#bug #insect #bugblr #entomology #mantodea #mantis #praying mantis #giant asian mantis #giant golden mantis #hierodula venosa #hierodula membranacea #my pets #mine

[simon-newman]

Full Update

Hello there again all those fascinated by arthropods or animals in general.

It’s been a while since I made a larger update regarding all of my animals and TBH I was feeling kinda down since Athena’s untimely death as she was the first animal I’ve got in two years (that is after my Red-eared slider turtle passed away at an age of about 25 years).

Something I failed to mention before in those posts - I’ve been keeping animals pretty much my entire life as I received the turtle from my parents when I was just a toddler and...

Well.. The last 2 years after it passed away made me realize that animal keeping really puts me at ease and without an animal to look after I am really feeling bad.

So I decided to stop putting everything “for a better time” and got a few arthropods to keep (they require far less effort than a reptile so I can keep more of them at once).

Here’s the (I think) complete list of animal posts so far:

1. Athena

2. Ants I want to keep

3. First molt

4. Lvl 5

5. Princesses Acquired

6. Tarantulas I want to keep at some point

7. Praying Mantis Additions

8. Ants video

9. Expo report

10. Big (late) update

11. Sad update - Athena’s passing

(Now I can limit the number of links in the followup posts)

Now. WIthout further delay I’ll cover all animals in order - Praying Mantises first, Ants second - according to numbers I gave them (most of them don’t have names as I don’t know if they are male or female yet).

I’ll finish with a new addition.

1. M002 - Hierodula Venosa “Golden” (!!??)

Ok. I’ve ordered this Mantis in the online shop so that I could compare it to Athena.

In the end the specimen that arrived was younger than desired and... Well... See for yourselves:

It doesn’t look like Hierodula “Golden” AT ALL.

She molted 3 times so far and is now older than Athena was when I received her so... Yup - it is not the species I ordered.

Perhaps it’s the same species as...

2. M003 - Hierodula Sp.

I didn’t receive any answer from the shop when I asked them to clarify which species it is. So I still have no idea.

This one didn’t want to pose at all - even within the cup that already causes the camera to lose focus.

I did however manage to take a photo of it eating a roach there.

She/He is doing well - just like M002.

They look similar but this specimen has a slightly blue hue of it’s abdomen.

I guess it MIGHT be Hierodula Sp. “Blue” just like the nymphs I got as a bonus from the same shop...

3. The Blue Gang - hierodula Sp. “Blue”

Ok - I’ll cover all 3 of them in one post.

All of them molted 3 times and I am expecting them to molt again soon.

I numbered them as well mostly for safety measures as now I know what to expect from each of them.

M004:

The most hyperactive, bolty Praying Mantis in my collection.

It refused to eat on camera and jumped out of the container after I took this picture - it turned into another chase on my floor...

I only saw him/her eating the roaches I left in her cup a few hours later.

M005:

As you can see this one is far more cooperative - it stood still while I took the picture and then ate without causing any trouble.

M006:

The most docile of the three - was not interested in posing for me and just waited for food.

I didn’t let him down.

And I say “him” because looking at the pictures above I think I can risk saying that it’s a male.

4. M007 - Hierodula Sp. “Golden” (Atum)

The intended mate for Athena - now a lonely older Praying Mantis in my collection.

He’s eating well but I try not to overfeed him.

He was on the same diet as Athena before so if she really got poisoned by something he could also be affected. So far he seems to be doing just fine - blissfully unaware of his future wife/executioner’s untimely passing.

I think I’ll follow the advice of the keepers at the expo and when he matures I’ll post a request on the forums to find a mate for him anyway.

Apparently mature males are quite in demand in the Mantis-keeping community.

We’ll see in the future. As of now it’s been almost a month since his last molt and he’s still accepting food.

I expect the next molt to be the semi-final one...

Which means that bast case scenario Atum has some 4-5 months to live.

Ok. Time to update on my Ant “colonies”.

5. A001 - Manica Rubida

Behold the stunning beauty of Her Royal Highness!

She made a pose like a JoJo character. Isn’t she fabulous?

Well - as you can see SHE is doing fine, but WAIT!

Do you see that thing among the larvae? (just under the queen’s abdomen)

No?

Here’s another photo:

Do you see those weird thingies now? There are at least four of them!

Those are pupae.

Yes - we have our first worker ants preparing to mature.

I guess it’s going to take about 2 weeks and we’ll finally be able to call this “a colony”.

So... How’s the other queen doing?

6. A002 - Manica Rubida

She’s doing fantastic but she’s not willing to pose for me.

As you can see she also has some pupae in there.

In fact the last time I counted she had 7 of them... Not sure where she stuffed the remaining 5 but she’s a crafty one - I guess she could even hide them under the cotton (I wouldn’t want to disturb her too much so turning the test tube to see is out of question).

Anyway - I’d love to provide more pictures of her but the sun started to do some weird shit and messing with my camera’s ability to focus.

I’ll just put this picture here:

Do you see this pupae? She has those cute, tiny eyes!

It’s hard to believe she’ll become one of the most hated ants in my country...

And with this we covered all the animals you knew I had.

But I did tell you that I’ll be visiting an expo last week.

I did.

I mostly intended to try and get some orchid Mantises (Hymenopus Coronatus) but...

Well - with Athena’s death I started doubting my ability to care for a more fragile species.

I am putting those on hold for now.

I went to ask about the possible reason of Athena’s death and three different keepers all had the same theory.

Pesticides.

She was kept the same as other Mantises in my care and fed the same food items.

She was the only specimen I kept on my window for display purposes.

All it took was for someone to spray their garden in the area and she might have gotten poisoned as well...

How... unfortunate.

Still - just to be sure I didn’t  buy any new mantises.

The thing is - I convinced a family member who lives with me to go as well.

I was kinda surprised when she suggested I get something else instead.

Something to put on a display where my empty fish tank stands now (I’ll wait for 2 more years before re-establishing it).

Something... Different from the animals I am keeping now. Different and longer-living but still fairly easy to care for.

I am proud to introduce:

7. T001 - Brachypelma Vagans

Hard to see it down there but there’s a tiny little spider hiding in the burrow.

How tiny? Well - it was the size of my smallest fingernail.

It molted already a few days ago and now is the size of my index finger nail.

“I never saw it leave the burrow and it’s really hard to take a picture of it as it sits down there - this is the best I could do” - was the thing I intended to write here as I started this post yesterday.

Lo and behold.

As if it knew and wanted to become famous - in the evening it left the burrow to hunt down the roach I left in there during the initial photo session.

The last roach roommate stayed alive for two days and disappeared overnight.

I guess this one refused to share expenses and had to go.

Yup I got my first tarantula.

Umm... Well...

8. T002 - Chromatopelma Cyaneopubescens

I got two actually.

This one is far more active as it’s idea of a burrow is a trench around the center of the cup.

It also actively responds to feeding roaches and takes them down instantly.

I guess it doesn’t want a roommate

Or she doesn’t want a roommate...

Most people don’t even attempt to determine if a small sling is male or female (that’s why they are quite cheap) but I am me and I have this Pocket Microscope I bought for $2 which can magnify stuff 60 times...

The problem here is that I am a complete amateur and the microscope can’t take pictures so despite getting quite a clear view I can’t tell for sure myself.

I give it 75% chance it’s a female tho.

We’ll see how good I am at it.

So yeah...

I have tarantulas now.

Two so far.

From what I’‘ve learned there are two types of Tarantula Keepers out there.

First type - the ones who keep 1-5 tarantulas.

Second type - the ones that own more than 100.

There’s no in-between.

For now I’ll stay at 2 - I’ll think about more when I am able to have a proper animal room... Perhaps in a few years...

Anyway - this post grew quite long, didn’t it?

Thank you for your time and I hope you enjoyed the pictures.

I’ll keep updating - preferably every 2 weeks. I might also make more videos.

See you.

#Animals #Ants #Tarantulas #Praying Mantis #Hierodula #Hierodula Sp. #Hierodula Sp. Golden #Hierodula Venosa #Hierodula Sp. Blue #Manica Rubida #Manica #Brachypelma #Chromatopelma #Spider #Brachypelma vagans #Chromatopelma Cyaneopubescens #Arthropods #Arachnids #Bugs #insects

[lutrinaes]

hey guys look at my beautiful daughter who i love

#shes a praying mantis #a hierodula golden #L8 #i love her #shes a good girl #charlie txt #i usually dont make posts like this but shes such a good bab #//insects #//bugs #and yes shes my pet i didnt just grab her from outside #ive had her for about 7 months

[macabremantids]

Krauser/Hierodula Golden/F/L8

#praying mantis #mantidae #hierodula golden #hierodula majuscula #entomology #L8 #my post #11/4/17 #first post!!

[pop-team-epic]

🌼🌱✨Spiny flower mantis nymph✨🌱🌼

#spiny flower mantis #pseudocreobotra wahlbergii #praying mantis #mantis #buglr #i got 3 ot them i'm hoping for a breeding pair!! #i love these photos sm #i have an adult female hierodula golden already and I'm hoping to get some ghost mantises next

[charanchula]

TARANTULAS I HAVE:

acanthoscurria geniculata | brazilian white knee   aphonopelma anax | texas tan aphonopelma seemani | stripe knee (SA/A) avicularia avicularia | guyana pinktoe (SA/A) avicularia metallica brachypelma hamori | red knee (juvi) bumba cabocla/bumba horrida | brazilian redhead caribena versicolor | antilles pinktoe x2 (SA/A, sling) davus pentaloris | guatemalan tiger rump dolichothele diamantinensis | brazilian blue dwarf beauty (juvie) grammastola iheringi | pampas tawny red grammastola pulchra | brazilian black grammastola pulchripes | chaco golden knee grammastola rosea | chilean rose hair hapalopus coloratus (juvie/SA) hapalopus formosus | pumpkin patch holothele longipes | dwarf pink/colombian blue leg x2 kochiana brunnipes | pink leg x2 lasiodora parahybana | salmon pink birdeater neischnocolus sp panama/ami sp panama | gold banded sunburst dwarf nhandu tripepii | brazilian blonde x2 pterinopelma sazimai | iridescent blue/sazimai's tliltocatl albopilosus | nicaraguan curly hair (juvi) tliltocatl kahlenbergi | new mexican (juvi) tliltocatl sp 'Angustum'x2 tliltocatl vagans | mexican red rump tliltocatl verdezi | mexican rose grey ybyrapora diversipes | amazon sapphire pinktoe

TARANTULAS I WANT:

avicularia juruensis M2 | peru purple pinktoe avicularia minatrix | red stripe pink toe avicularia purpurea | purple pink toe avicularia sp "Colombia" | silver pink toe brachypelma baumgarteni | Michoacan orange beauty brachypelma klaasi | mexican pink chromatopelma cyaneopubescens | green bottle blue citharacanthus cyaneus | cuban blue/orange-violet dwarf cyriocosmus aueri | peru love heart cyriocosmus elegans | trinidad dwarf/love heart butt cyriocosmus leetzi | colombian dwarf cyriocosmus perezmilesi | bolivian dwarf beauty homoeomma sp blue peru/euathlus pulchermiinkaklaasi neischnocolus sp chica | mini mesmo tliltocatl schroederi | mexican black velvet

TARANTULAS I WANT BUT I'M TOO CHICKEN TO TRY:

neoholothele incei gold | trinidad olive gold form neoholothele incei | trinidad olive pseudohapalopus kurzhaar pseudhapalopus sp blue | colombian blue botty thrixiopelma pruriens | peruvian green velvet

TARANTULAS I HAVE HAD BUT LOST:

aphonopelma hentzi | texas brown aphonopelma seemani | white stripe knee avicularia purpurea cardiopelma sp mascatum/sp "oaxaca" | dwarf bicolour hapalopus sp "Guerilla" neostenotarsus sp suriname | Suriname dwarf pseudoclamoris gigas | orange tree spider

MISCELLANEOUS:

Assbolus verrucosus | blue death feigning beetles x3 Hierodula majuscula | Giant Australian Mantis Phidippus regius "Isla Juventus" | jumping spider "Isla Juventus"

MISC WANTED:

fufius sp 'Rurrenabaque' | gold wafer-lid trapdoor spider

carausius morosus | indian stick insects

miomantis paykulii | egyptian praying mantis phyllocrania paradoxa | ghost mantis

therea olegrandjeani | question mark cockroach

chlorocala oertzeni | purple flower beetle chlorocala umtaliensis | opal flower beetle cyclommatus metallifer | 'amethyst' metallic stag beetle lamprima adolphinae | 'galaxy' or plain jewel stag beetle mecynorrhina ugandensis | 'pure blue' giant flower beetle phalacrognathus muelleri | 'emerald' or 'ruby' or plain rainbow stag beetle protaetia aeruginosa | jewel flower beetle protaetia cyanochlora | sapphire flower beetle protaetia jousselini | turkish flower beetle

[kheichou-blog]

I have a new friend.  His name is Zorak <3

#praying mantis #giant asian mantis #giant golden hierodula #zorak #so smol #buggo #bug #bugs

[fangsandforests]

New Additions: H. venosa Mantids

I have loved mantids for as long as I’ve loved tarantulas. But because of how fragile and short-lived they are, I haven’t been brave enough to try keeping them . . . until now! 

I’m starting out with a hardy species: the Hierodula venosa, or golden giant Asian mantis. After agonizing for so long over where I should get them from, I chose PanTerra Pets for two primary reasons: 1) they are very knowledgeable, experienced, and have built up a great reputation among buyers; and 2) they’re not terribly far from where I live, so I knew shipping would be faster and safer. (Also, their website is by far the best among mantis breeders!) 

My two little ones are about 3rd or 4th instar now, so they’ve still got a lot of growing to do. I named them Java and Jakarta after the native locale of this species (Southeast Asia). 

I’ll do a basic care guide at some point, but I will say that if you’re interested in keeping mantids, this is a great species to start out with. My two are still tiny, but they are so trusting, friendly, and curious. One is more hesitant than the other and really wants to check things out before venturing somewhere new. The other one is ready to explore as soon as I let it out (this is the one featured in the photos). 

I can’t wait to watch them grow and develop!  

#mantids #praying mantis #golden giant asian mantis #hierodula venosa

[insectratings]

I tried and failed to reblog this post without it going to my mainblog, so here you go.

#why is this so hard

[fimbry]

Empty viv (was to be Cheese’) so I put a big mantis in it.  😂 This is Pinkie Supreme, though as you can see she has turned very golden. Pinkie 1 actually stayed pink her entire life, but sadly passed of old age a few days ago.

Hierodula sp. “Golden”

#golden hierodula #mantis #hierodula #bugblr

[currentsinbiology]

Video by @joelsartore | The BUGarium, located in the Botanic Garden of the @ABQBioPark, is one of the largest insect zoos in North America with over 60 species of insects and other arthropods on display. Some of the most popular exhibits include a massive colony of leafcutter ants that travel over guests’ heads along a vine, a closet-sized enclosure filled with foot-long stick insects, and a collection of praying mantis species from across the globe. While most people are familiar with the typical green mantises seen in gardens, BUGarium visitors encounter bizarre and beautiful species like this giant golden mantis (Hierodula sp.) from southeastern Asia. Close relatives of the often maligned cockroaches, praying mantises are strictly predatory - larger species like this one can even subdue small birds.

#giant golden mantis #insects #biology #science

[fimbry]

She hardened up after her molt, and ahhhh she returned to being a pink beauty... She’s like a sunset.

Hierodula sp. “Golden”

#hierodula #mantis #Golden Hierodula #bugblr #bug

[fimbry]

Maybe normal people are sleeping at 5am, maybe they’re drawing, or playing games. I’m just supervising these idiots at my desk to make sure Pinkie doesn’t eat Greenie’s head off when he decides to leave her. It has been 7 hours........ Please ......stop. I want to sleep.

Hierodula sp. “Golden”

#hierodula #Golden Hierodula #mantis #bugblr #bug #insect