It could be a P Statilia, looking at its head. and it still a nymph. I MM can figure it out.

BTW MMania whats are the difference of this sp and statilia maculata (asian grass mantis)?

It doesn't look like Statilia sp.. It looks more like a Deroplatys sp. nymph. Can you get a better photo Ryo?

Only two known Statilia species exists in Peninsular Malaysia, that's the Statilia maculata and Statilia nemoralis. One can easily tell a Statilia from the unique markings on the inner femur of its forelegs.

orchid mantis looks cool, any idea where it can be caught in the wild or perhaps anyone selling and the cost ???

I'm breeding Orchid mantids at the moment. I'll put them up for sale on my forum when I have a lot to let go.

Omg Deroplatys sp
Strange, it's body doesn't looks like leaf at all, just like normal asian giant mantis structure
Can't get a better view, i recorded it in hurry without adjusting focus cause was suppose to shoot the bride and groom
See when i have the chance to go PD for shooting again i will get one home

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Added on February 27, 2010, 7:04 pmDoes mantis usually eat up their molted exo after molting?
Mine appear to be bigger and the color greener but i cant see any exoskeleton in the enclosure

This post has been edited by RyoKenzaki: Feb 27 2010, 07:04 PM

Hi All,

To share pics of P Paradoxa = Ghost Mantis


Adult Male with wing (mismolted)

Male at its L6


Female L5 Nymph

Female L4 Nymph

Nice ghost! Cant wait for mine!
Here's a pic of my puny mantis feeding on a spider


This post has been edited by RyoKenzaki: Mar 1 2010, 06:05 PM

LOL

Which T babies u sacrifice....

It's just a random house spider i found in my room la

This thread need some bumping
Im getting tired searching for ants for my puny mantis and i made a flies trap yesterday

This morning i got more than 10 scuddle flies
Too bad all except one of them are dead cause i put in the fridge too long
FML, i feed the live one to it and it only eat half of it but already bloated up

This post has been edited by RyoKenzaki: Mar 8 2010, 03:06 PM

That's a great trap Ryo.

Thanks, i think i forgot to credit to the original source so here's it
http://www.ukmantisforums.co.uk/housing-eq...e-fly-trap.html

I made another one because there is some gap in between and they can escape through there


Done without the net because i fail to see how it can help to trap them since they ady cant get out from the inverted funnel

Great Ryo, you can actually start with a House Fly culture with it and saw you have meats as bait this can attracted bigger fly (the shining green/blue). I love to get the pupae from u..coz a bit "geli" with that big flies..you know la where they come from ...... carcass

Not intended to trap the housefly just yet cause they are too big for my mantis now...
I will target scuddle flies first and move on to housefly once its big enuff

here are the tiny mantis...


plz help id it.....

Very nice mantis! Hope mantismania can ID it

Probably Majangella sp.

Did a quick google and found these two picture
http://www.angelfire.com/yt/kpyehi3/images/img21.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/yt/kpyehi3/images/img19.jpg

It does looks like it, amazing looking mantis...

Yeah that's my friend's website, the famous Mr. Yeh. I used to keep this species before. Very difficult to find them in the wild.

Ours:


This post has been edited by mantismania: Mar 10 2010, 05:06 PM

Beautiful specimen
Anw i ll be going to PD again this sat to shoot vid, hopefully i can find those mantis there