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My female just matured today. Greatly need a Catasigerpes Male adult/ subadult.  If you don’t have one please help me ask your friends.

I have a female Catasigerpes Presub adult, and I am looking for a male one in for when she matures. I will be glad to split ooths or Nymphs, PM me if interested.

I have these Creobroter sp. a while back, anyone can compare them with yours or tell me what species they are?

I got 2 adult females (One calling already) and sub adult female Chloroharpax modesta. Willing to trade, buy or breeding loan a male.

I got 2 fresh adult females and sub adult female Chloroharpax modesta. Willing to trade, buy or breeding loan a male.

I got 3 Sub-adult Chloroharpax modesta searching for a future mate, sub or young adults. Open to ooth split, trading a female for a male, or buying one. Thanks!

As far as I know they  have a wide range for temperature. My room is ~24C most of the time, and they do great, but I have also seen them being kept with Idolomantis in a communal set up too.

I believe Sibylla pretiosa is, Otomantis scutigera I the little experience I have also seems communal.

That I’m not sure, but seeing them in pictures, I think that’s a reasonable estimate 👍🏼

This is also an interesting topic, because "boxer mantis" isn't really an actually category. Mantises which are commonly referred to as "boxer mantis" are: Oxypiloidea (catasigerpes), Otomantis, Acromantis, and the are all in the subfamily Acromantinae; at the same time, Astyliasula, Hestiasula...

Catasigerpes is actually a sub genus, so it is actually Oxypiloidea (Catasigerpes), and are a flower mantis (in the family Hymenopodidae) They are also not from South America, South America does not have any flower mantises, they are from South Africa~...

Pre-sub and sub adults are kinda easy to tell, but those could vary from species to even individual what what instar it is. If the wing buds just molted into resembling a small version of imago wings then it is a pre-sub adult (2 more molts till imago), they generally overlap less. If the front...

same for Phasmids, I see a lot of them for sale in reptile shows, but obviously that's a nono

I hear people argue P illudens is just a synonym of paradoxa, but I'm very skeptical. Two species from the same genus can mate and produce offspring if they are closely related enough, and although a bit rare, sometimes the hybrids can also be fertile. In the jumping spider hobby P. regius x P...

defiantly give it a look~ although might be harder to find in Canada... wish you Good Luck👍