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This mantid was found in Toowoomba, QLD (about 125km inland from Brisbane). I'd say it is about 2cm long. It doesn't look like it has wings which leads me to believe it is an adult/immature female Bolbe sp. Or else, I'm thinking an immature male Paraoxypilus sp. I apologise for the poor quality...

Whenever i open a topic, the posts are listed as a summary underneath the opening post. Does anyone else have this view? I really don't like it.

I have a culture of lab-bred Drosophila melanogster that Olga got from uni. There's an excess for 2nd year fruit fly labs so she was able to pinch some :) Anywho, the two predominant morphs at the start were 'white eyes' & 'vestigial wings.' They were relatively easy to extract from the...

This little beauty was found deep in a rainforest in south-east Queensland, Australia. I haven't a clue what it is :huh: It's only a nymph too, so ID might be difficult. All I know is that Olga & I will battle to the death to get some! :D

Hey Forum, Olga (Superfreak) & I (jameslongo) have well & truly entered exam time as part of our first semester of 3rd year at uni. This means "head's down & bum's up." Unfortunately, Mantidforum is such a great place to procrastinate :) I finish exams on the 22nd June & Olga...

Introducing you to mantids unaccessible to mainstream culture: Snake Mantids (Kongobatha diademata & more False Garden Mantids (Pseudomantis albofimbriata). This is Quetzalcoatl, the male adult Snake. Only 2.5cm (~1in) long fully grown. I think he's sort of built like an exclaimation...

Does anyone keep these? Ranatra linearis This is a slender type of water-scorpion of the family Nepidae, belonging to the Ranatra genus. The species can grow between 2 & 5 inches long. It looks like a stick, it lives underwater, it is a predator (look at those raptorial arms) & IT...

I decided to do a photo shoot of my ageing adult female False Garden Mantid (P. albofimbriata). She is the 1st mantid that I ever raised & I call her 'Gwyneth Paltrow.' When I found her as a nymph, she was bright yellow, which got me thinking about the song 'Yellow' by Coldplay, so I named...

OK. I've washed my hands. It's fine. Breathe in, breathe out. :blink: I let my Purple-Winged male (Tenodera australasiae) out of his enclosure to stretch his legs. He was really active: climbing all over chairs & taking flight a lot. I'm guessing he is looking for a mate. He isn't really...

Hello Forum, I got the idea to fashion a small-scale house cricket breeder out of an ice-cream tub when my work was overrun by the little buggers. It's not in my job description to catch crickets but it gets quiet on weeknights & I have mandibles to feed. I've already made it but I'm going...

Fellow mantomaniacs, I had a problem that soon resolved itself but i wish to gain some insight as well as bore you with the details. I had an adult male P. albifimbrata that was sexually mature & ready to be mated with one of the females I have. I'd place him behind her, give her something...

Hello Forum, my recently-molted male adult Purple-Winged Mantid (Tenodera australasiae) is not looking as prominent as it once did. It molted to adult about a fortnight ago. About 5 days ago, I noticed that the tip of his abdomen is constantly open with his flesh popping out of it & skewed...

Heyo Forum, my Pseudomantis albifimbrata has laid 3 ooths now. So i realise she's becoming an old dame, however the last one was somewhat of a pitiful effort. It was only a third of the size of a regular ooth. I'm not really alarmed but i would appreciate some feedback so that, maybe next...

Hello everyone at Mantidforum. I'm just a young lad from suburban Sydney & i've been looking after mantids for about 9 months now. My girlfriend gave me the mantid collecting bug & now my room is slowly being taken over by these interesting little buggers. My collection so far consists...