Orchid Mantis

[herpsandinverts]

Hi,

I breed lots of different species of inverts such as praying mantis, I though i'd share a pic I took today of my male orchid mantis. Even if you don't like praying mantis much, you deffinatly got to admire this.

Male

Female

The pics are a bit blurred... my camera is only like 3.1mp. Need a new one!

 

[Scolopendra]

wow. gorgeous mantid

 

[jonnysebachi]

Wow, do sell these as I would be interested in some

 

[SamtheMan]

Wow those are gorgeous are they hard to care for?

 

[Hoosier]

How long do they live for?

 

[Bigboy]

All of the above, please answer! Wow, that is one of the most stunning pics of one I've ever seen.

 

[luther]

I had one of these this year, a gorgeous female. Unfortunately she died very soon after her maturing molt. The adults have very high ventilation requirements. Not the longest living mantis species, but you can reliably get a year out of them. Great display mantis but it will wander if not caged.