Photo's of my mantids ( A lot )

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Hi,

Here are some photo's of the mantids I keep/kept ( hopefully not to much )

Idolomantis diabolica

Oxyopsis gracilis adult female

Adult male

Half male

Sibylla pretiosa couple

Deroplatys desiccata adult male

Deroplatys lobata adult female

 

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Chloroharpax modesta adult female

Couple

Female with spermatophore

Popa spurca adult female

Adult male

Ambivia undata adult female

Mantis religiosa adult female I found in Italy

Oxypilus distinctus

Odontomantis planiceps adult male

 

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Acromantis formosana

Subadult female

Adult male

Adult female

Hidden

Pseudoharpax virescens adult female

Couple

Few oothecae

 

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Hymenopus coronatus female

Male

Couple

L1

L2

L2

 

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Hierodula sp.

Adult female with ootheca

Hatching

Nymphs

The first day about 200+ nymphs came out

The second day again 200+ nymphs came out the same ootheca :blink:

 

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Creobroter pictipennis adult female

Adult male

Pseudovates arizonae L1

L2

L3

L4

Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii adult female

Adult male

 

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Pseudocreobotra ocellata subadult female

Subadult males

Female pumping up wings

Adult female

Adult male

Mating

And finally I'm done

 

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• May 22, 2008

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can u post just 1 more..lol.. :lol:

hey u have some great shots there.nice work..

 

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• May 22, 2008

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Some great pics there mate B)

 

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• May 22, 2008

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stunning photos ty for sharing,and my wife says ty too lol

chris

 

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• May 22, 2008

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Pelle said:

Few oothecae

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Oh my goodness, that's amazing!!!! Now i know what to look forward to. By the way, you take some really good pictures!

 

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Thanks!

Pseudoharpax are like a plague

 

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• Jun 1, 2008

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± 100 nymphs is a much better hatch B)

 

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really nice (and informative) photos, don't know why i hadn't come across this thread before.

ps - congratulations on the big hatch!

 

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PELLE, AMAZING COLLECTION. Wow wow wow! Keep up the goodwork

 

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Thanks!

Here's a video of a male drumming on the female

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Wow, amazing photos, I love the L1 Orchid ones.

 

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• Jun 2, 2008

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Those are some real awesome pictures. You're good, and your collection is excellent. Congratulations on all of those sp.!

 

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• Jun 3, 2008

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Thank you

Some more pics