Adult female Iris Oratoria

Here she is. You guys have any opinions on this species? I almost never see anyone talk about them! She's so sweet. 

I have never heard of this species before. she looks like a hierodula membranacea. But she has different wings, they are short. Wondering how the males wings looks like.

But she looks beautiful and a sweet character is nice (except for her prey?)

Little Mantis said:

I have never heard of this species before. she looks like a hierodula membranacea. But she has different wings, they are short. Wondering how the males wings looks like.

But she looks beautiful and a sweet character is nice (except for her prey?)

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Males have full length wings strangely enough. Yeah, they look a bit like Heirodulas aside from being way smaller! 

I was looking for pics of this species and saw their threat pose looks cool with the colors on the wings:

I believe males fly a lot too! 

Beautiful species, and she’s a very pretty mantis. It is interesting that this species doesn’t get talked about very much here, considering it’s a native species. But I guess the same is true for the grass and bark mantids.

When I first got into mantiskeeping, I was pretty excited to learn there was a North American species that had similar displays to the peacock mantis. I’ve never seen one where I live, but supposedly they exist here.

Congratulations on her adult molt, though! She’s gorgeous.

Native to Vegas too. Kind of interesting to see how a mantis would thrive in a desert, eh? 

She is pretty cool!  

- MantisGirl13

This is my favorite species.  Some of the adult females actually become so domesticated, that they will know you from someone else.  They are like uncuddly kitty cats. I had many last year and this year none of the ooths hatched.  I tried to leave the ooths outside, but our winter was harsh.  

I am so sad.  Do you have any left?

This topic was from a while ago and I haven't seen @Nicolas on the Forum lately. If they are wild where you live, why don't you go and look for some? You can always ask in the For Sale/Wanted section.

- MantisGirl13

I've been looking for a specimen for months, but can't find a source. Such a beautiful species.