Yeah deforestation is killing most of them. Which is why I'm keeping and trying to breed local species.

yeah, deforestation is the reason.
good good, breed already then can give people, for those common one la.
those more rare one have to sell lo.

There is a report read sumwhere.....
All species are endangered dueto forestation worldwide xcept those from nort america.

I wonder those people dun used wood ke?......lol

This is always happened..we always miss the small one, rite?

yeah.. deforestation really devastated to their habitat.
Last time below my house, there's a small garden with a lots of those bunga raya flower stalk all around, that's the time where we could everyday saw a lots of mantis...now the garden gone edi

Insects can never go extinct due to them being collected from the wild because there's just too many of them. What makes them go extinct is clearly deforestation. This is a sad thing. Malaysia is home to many exotic insects. It's devastating to know that sooner or later they'll all go extinct.

Hi guys.

yesterday night i visited mantis land and i tot i share some pictures i took ( with permission from owner of cos lol.).It was a eye opener for me and it is the first time i actually saw the engagement of mantis mating.
Learn alot from the two nice friendly gentlemen and even recieved an orchid mantis and two violin mantis from them. Once again i have thank them for the kind hospitality and time taken to teach me more on mantis keeping.

For some reasons , i have decided not to disclose the ID of them but all the mantis i snap to my hp are from them and i own none of them. i am sorry for blur pics.

IMO, Rearing and breeding of inverts takes lots of time and passion in it. low death rate, high hatch rate of ooth many a time size down to breeder's experience and will to commit in the daily maintaince of the enclosure like humility , temptuare control etc . Which too apply from the babies to the adults alike.

therfore i would like to take this chance to comment them for their excellent breeding method and setup they have and the amount of effort they took in rearing and breeding them from mantis it self to the feeders culture.

Well enough said, time for pictures .

Mating of my fav mantis - orichid mantis .
male riding on female





The stoner and master of disguise .. spot where am i


Dead leaf mantis.. target on and ready to mate .


the female dead leaf mantis


green mantis ??? lol


cheers

nice mantis there...
i wan to have one.....

Hei Zoe,

You can contact Mantis manis, but our postal service....you know la

i did contact him b4, but thne maybe too busy so didnt reply...

No la, he seldom online here maybe u can check in here

hi, is there anyone have the caresheet about mantis?

i wish to learn to rear a mantis as pet. thanks

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This post has been edited by s98432512: Feb 7 2010, 11:38 PM

Went to P.Dickson to shoot a wedding vid today and spotted two grey color mantid at mangrove area
Damm regret never bring container with me, cant catch it at all zzzzz
Any idea what sp is that?

Finally saw some of the comon green mantis in this 2 weeks, a small one spotted in some food court, another bigger abit hang around in my house, didn't go to catch it, just let it be there.... interesting lil guy.

Hey guys, I'm not that active here. Please join here for more mantis stuff.

It should be this species...
Asian Mantis Network

Hi guys ...
i finally got a pair of wings lol..

damned happy ... some pics to share





womders of nature never failes to amase me ...

Wow
I have no more words on the size of comparison for male and female

Deadly strike of the mantis.
Now, I see how the ancient chinese adopted and adapted the moves in martial arts, Mantis Style Kung Fu.

First strike is a miss.
Then grab and throw.
Last strike is a hit, locked down, immobilised the struggling prey and go for the kill.


Real COool !!!




This one is a little bouncy. Watch the shadow !

This post has been edited by blitzboy: Feb 15 2010, 03:23 AM

sorry to ask,
can they(nymphs - adults) cohabitat in a tank?(example exo terra glass terrarium PT2600)

This post has been edited by tunemystylez: Feb 15 2010, 01:28 PM