If they are indeed ant mantis, catch a few and culture them bro. They're very easy to rear and breed. No issues at all. And the mated females will lay a lot of oothecae in her lifetime.

Will do when i spotted them again in my friend house
They are pretty common during a period of time
(Think it's the breeding season for them)
Now can hardly see one

Is this the ant mantis?
what is the adult size...look cute to me..

Awesome bro. If you go to some heavy shrubs or bushes or any low plant during this rainy season, you will definitely find some. If you spot one nymph, there will be many more for sure. Good thing about this mantis is that they will usually sit on top of leaves and not underneath. Good times to see them on top of leaves is around 4-7 pm.

Yeah, that should be Odontomantis planiceps. They're just awesome. Adult females will only grow to up to about 2-2.5 cm. Here's an awesome video to show you how aggressive they are even though they're small.

Got this pix from creepy craelies

Bro, it is always said that female mantis will either eat or cannibalised its mate after mating... how urs
and the mating are hours ..is it

That's a threat display photo of Theopropus elegans. About the female eating the male, it's not entirely true. It's species-dependant. I'll normally remove my males after they disconnect though. Some of them will run away themselves. They never face the female head-on.

Finally a hobby out of the ordinary. congratz mantismania for starting it. i think it's going to be a very eye-opening thread to bug lovers out there.
I must admit i'm also curious bout the female eating the male after mating event. before yr reply, i thought all the mantis act like that and never knew it was species dependant. thanks a lot for the info ^^

Thanks for the encouragement bro! We're all nature lovers here and the mantis is easily one of the most unique insect nature has to offer. I'm just here to share my experiences with these amazing bugs. Anything I can do to help, just ask!

keep this thread full of info, sure this thread got many follower... nice job dude bcuz show it to us...

great works guys

Perhaps a basic care sheet on the 1st post will attract more hobbyist

yeah,a close up enclosure pic is even better

Bro, show us ur set up.....
maybe we can adopt few layout from u....

Since u have the D lobata, can u show the enclosure set up?

This post has been edited by AshJ: Dec 27 2009, 07:35 PM

Nice！ I love mantis also, but i dunno where can i get them and still dunno anything about them. haha

me also..when i was kid, always collecting mantis and 'belalang'.keep in small botol.usually nescafe botol.hahahah

Thanks for the replies all. I just got back from a hunting trip and I have a lot of spare T.elegans nymphs and female adults I need to let go. PM me if interested.

Once I have some free time, I'll post some photos of the enclosures. All our enclosures are actually simple, no fuss.

Dun over harvest man

i wonder does the female ate the male after mate?? coz this normally happen in the nature...

Don't worry about that. Nature takes care of its own haha. I'm just sharing its beauty.

This doesn't happen all the time. The female will eat the male or anything else it can overcome if it's too hungry. Which is why it's normal practice for breeders to overfeed the female before attempting to mate them just so she will ignore the male.

U still here....LOL...thot gone d..

wanna know how feeding (hand feed or leave the food in) like for this guy as just got D.Lobata for 3 days d and not eaten since then.
is it the sign it going into molting process or what ... as at today still hanging as usual

BTW how much selling... maybe u should also come out with the caresheet based on ur experience..