#there were some weather issues and FedEx shipping was a mess

[hazel2468]

Well guys, I have an announcement!

Everyone, meet Reaper!

He's a Phyllocrania Paradoxa- a Ghost Mantis, and I fucking adore him!

He seems very lively, but very okay with being handled. I'm obviously not going to be handling him a lot, but he walked right out onto my hand when I got him from his little travel cup, and he decided he would rather take a drink of a little water drop off my finger than off of his leaf!

I tossed a pair of fruit flies into his enclosure, and he spent about ten minutes stalking one before snatching it up and munching on it. Ate the whole thing really quick- he was hungry! If he doesn't catch the other, I'll make sure he gets another one either today or tomorrow (the other one might have gotten lucky and escaped, not sure, if it did, well, good for it).

#bugblr #praying mantis #cw bug #bug pic #i am in LOVE oh my lanta #he's so TEENY TINY #unsure exactly what instar he is but the seller says he is male #and based on the crest and abdomen I think that is correct #right now he's just chilling post-meal in his new home and i am #SO happy! #and yeah... yeah I'm getting a fucking jumping spider too #i have a whole fruit fly culture he won't eat all of that himself #plus when he gets larger he'll be moving on to house flies so #spooder it is! #and if anyone is wondering #I ordered him from #The Bugg Plug #they were FANTASTIC #there were some weather issues and FedEx shipping was a mess #and they kept me super up to date and posted about it as well so I knew what was going on #they were very very quick to answer my questions and resolved an issue with my tracking number like in five minutes #i will 100% be ordering other bugs from them in the future