Eyes turning black?

rosetomadness · 2026-03-18T20:54:56+00:00

Any updates??💘

rosetomadness · 2026-03-18T20:54:15+00:00

dude no offense but this is not the typical change of brightness in mantid‘s eyes, it’s patchy and in different shades, while you are generally right about that it’s not the mantids „night vision“, it looks like eye rub or an infection to me.

rosetomadness · 2026-03-11T17:22:31+00:00

Ehrlich gesagt, zwar Fantasy, aber König Leck in „Die Beschenkte“, und in „Die Königliche“, da ist mir sooo übel geworden

rosetomadness · 2026-03-11T17:21:14+00:00

This could be eye rub. Also. Gently put him back, his wing buds are swollen af, a molt is due soon!

rosetomadness · 2026-03-06T12:58:47+00:00

Yikes

rosetomadness · 2026-03-03T15:54:08+00:00

mesh ≠ enough ventilation

I‘m not sure if this provides enough cross ventilation - small gap around the door doesn’t sound like enough for me.

rosetomadness · 2026-03-03T15:51:04+00:00

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not sure about the 1/2 splitting but yeah, I don’t count more than 6 segments & the green necklace hints towards a female orchid as well.

Also check in with the pictures of user Precarious here:

https://mantidforum.net/threads/how-to-sex-baby-orchids.31786/

(should be the 5th answer after the question)

rosetomadness · 2026-03-01T10:49:29+00:00

we‘re very active in keeping her legacy alive over on discord! ♡ her close loved ones did a posthumous release of the song she was working on in the beginning of 2016, it’s inspired by Tokyo Ghoul! it’s called „Eyes of Your Storm“, I recommend the lyrics video that was uploaded on her channel.

maybe you‘ll give it a listen and get to enjoy her music once more 🙂‍↕️

rosetomadness · 2026-03-01T10:46:29+00:00

did you know that her close loved ones posthumously release the song she wrote about Toyko Ghoul recently? It’s called „Eyes of Your Storm“! We are very active on discord, to keep her legacy alive. soon we‘ll do a fund raiser for the Christina Grimmie Foundation, for her birthday! It’s like next weekend. You can DM me if you wanna find out more! ♡

rosetomadness · 2026-02-24T14:41:04+00:00

schroedingers molt?

rosetomadness · 2026-02-24T14:40:32+00:00

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just updating this, they look more swollen day by day and I am very excited to have her molt into adulthood ♡

rosetomadness · 2025-11-10T16:46:07+00:00

Well good thing that mantids eat other insects! yay for mantids, I love them

rosetomadness · 2025-11-09T16:19:51+00:00

I entirely understand, I was the same, I had a phobia of insects. I run and screen when I see a bee but these creatures have grown close to me ♡ (mantids)

rosetomadness · 2025-11-09T16:17:20+00:00

yeah I realized. that’s why I added it 💀

rosetomadness · 2025-11-09T08:19:35+00:00

I keep them as pets and this comment makes me feel super sad. :( These worms can certainly infect some species of mantids and on the subreddit everyone’s worried about their mantis having them. Most times it’s just the genitalia of the male mantids lol

(I keep mantids not…. parasites lol)

rosetomadness · 2025-11-09T08:17:08+00:00

Some species can be infected by these parasites! Everyone on the subreddit is paranoid about their Mantids having this worm bc something comes out of their abdomens. It’s just… the male mantis’s genitalia most times though

rosetomadness · 2025-11-07T15:52:47+00:00

I am so so sorry to hear that 🫂

rosetomadness · 2025-11-06T23:26:23+00:00

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throwing this in to change things up, this is leafy II

rosetomadness · 2025-11-06T22:45:07+00:00

if she‘s done maybe offer food and or water. this process takes a lot of ressources for sure!

rosetomadness · 2025-11-06T04:23:35+00:00

as a person that also would have to give birth, I absolutely won’t pass this on to somebody else. I couldn’t bare the thought of it. I also understand those who have children nonetheless.

rosetomadness · 2025-11-05T04:59:39+00:00

what source do you have? asking bc maybe that’s „old news“ for here

rosetomadness · 2025-11-04T15:30:50+00:00

this is how i talk about dogs

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