Yeah Ryo is correct. There's another one in culture in Europe, it's the Deroplatys trigonodera. This comes from Malaysia too. Malaysia is mantis heaven I tell ya!

any idea where can i buy the praying mantis ... ? i need to keep some for my assignment ...T.T .... need to make their habitat box ...
any shops in KL ..

This post has been edited by undecidedboy: Jan 11 2010, 10:47 PM

Wat course assignment dat need u to keep exotics?

haiz .. T.T interior design ... donno y they give us this kind of assignment oso ....

This post has been edited by undecidedboy: Jan 11 2010, 10:49 PM

Wow interior design got such assignment
It is a interesting assignment isn't it?
Mantismania have some mantis for sell, u can pm him

where do you guys find all those exotic mantis?
i always just see those whole body green mantis only.

That one is exotic enuff la = =
I found nth

How or where did you get the Toxodera beieri nymph??
I´m from Mexico, and I´m new with mantis, I have 5 Phyllocrania Paradoxas, and trying to get some others, but I found a photo of th Toxodera beieri and I think this specie is so beautiful, so I really would like to get it.

Arturo

woah, from mexico, nice to have you here.

Mantismania,

When is ur next hunting trip, maybe want to tapau some..lol

Hey Arturo. Sorry for my late reply as I'm more active on other mantis forums. We found the T. beieri nymph at Tapah Hills, the same location where we found all our other Malaysian species. This is a very rare species which is not in culture at the moment. Previous breeders have only managed to keep T. beieri or any other Toxodera sp. only for a week. We've successfully kept our nymphs for 2-3 months. We'd love to culture them in the future.

Haha, we're not really sure. Most of the time, it just happens randomly.

I'm not sure if this is allowed, but I've just created a mantis forum aimed towards Asian breeders. Anyone interested PM me for the link!

This post has been edited by mantismania: Jan 16 2010, 05:47 AM

mantismania, can i know where you usually hunt for mantis?
i plan to breed some of them.

I look everywhere! But when I'm in Malaysia, I'll go hunting deep in the rainforests at Tapah Hills. I've made very good friends with the Orang Asli there. We're like family.

haih, look like i need to go hutan reakeasi in malacca here already. haha.
but then when is the good time in order can find any of it?

December to April is the best period. Better get your gear ready now. Please join here if you'd like to discuss mantids. It's still new but we already have some reputable breeders from other forums on board.

Saw one praying mantis around 3cm the normal green one and showed my bro. Wanted to keep it but flew away. My bro devastated.... Where can I buy one?

PM me bro.

ya, where can buy mantis? LFS got it?

I don't think LFS sell mantids.

Hard to look for any mantis now's day, even the common one.

last time my housing area here, got a lot of those ant mantis, & also the green common mantis.. now i dun even see one.