Mantis Grammys Nomination Round

I was thinking, why don't we have Grammys for mantis species??? I'll name a bunch of categories, suggest a few species, then have other peeps suggest more species for the categories and even more categories

then in about 2 weeks I will pick 5 from each category for nomination and start a voting thread

here are some categories (feel free to post new categories or add to a category)

NOTE: most of MY suggestions are species in my experience that I've noticed may fit these categories

Cutest mantis as L1:

Pseudoharpax virescens

Popa spurca

Blepharopsis mendica

Hymenopus coronatus

Idolomantis diabolica

Mantis With the Lowest Nymphal Mortality Rate:

Creobroter gemmatus

Popa spurca

Blepharopsis mendica

Oxyopsis gracilis

Pseudoharpax virescens

Most Prolific Mantis:

Creobroter gemmatus

Odontomantis spp.

Miomantis paykullii

Pseudoharpax virescens

Sphodromantis spp "blue flash"

Oxyopsis gracilis

Best Beginner Mantis Species:

Creobroter spp.

Popa spurca

Miomantis paykullii

Pseudoharpax virescens

Tenodera sinensis (after L1)

Phyllocrania paradoxa

Most Photogenic Mantis Species:

Popa spurca

Pseudoharpax virescens

Hierodula multispina

Hymenopus coronatus

Deroplatys spp

Oxyopsis gracilis

Most Ravenous Species for their Size:

Blepharopsis mendica

Pseudoharpax virescens

Cilnia humeralis

Parasphendale spp

Oxyopsis gracilis

Rare/Difficult Species Most Suddenly Become Common/Popular in Culture:

Idolomantis diabolica

Blepharopsis Mendica

Oxypothespis dumontii

Hierodula majuscula

Sinomantis denticulata

Rare/Difficult Species Most Popular Among Hobbyists:

Idolomantis diabolica

Blepharopsis mendica

Hymenopus coronatus

Deroplatys spp

Best New Species in Culture:

H. hoffmani

Hierodula majuscula

Oxypothespis dumontii

Most Flightful Mantis:

Tenodera sinensis

Creobroter pictipennis

Pseudoharpax virescens

Most Cryptic Mantis:

Sybilla pretiosa

Pseudocreobotra walhbergii

Phyllocrania paradoxa

Acanthops spp

Deroplatys spp

Toxodera spp

Acanthops spp

Best Species in the family Mantidae:

Popa spurca

Parasphendale affinis

Hierodula spp

Sphodromantis spp

Deroplatys spp

Miomantis paykullii

Oxyopsis gracilis

Best Species in the family Hymenopdidae:

Odontomantis spp.

Hymenopus coronatus

Creobroter spp.

Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii

Phyllocrania paradoxa

Best Species in the family Empusidae:

Idolomantis diabolica

Blepharopsis mendica

Gongylus gongylodes

Empusa pennata

Idolomorpha lateralis

Gongylus tracheophytes

Largest Mantis Species:

Plistospilota guineensis

Hierodula majuscula

Tenodera sinensis

Idolomantis diabolica

Rhombodera spp

Archimantis spp

Toxodera

Paratoxodera

Ischnomantis gigas

Bulkiest Mantis Species:

Hierodula spp

Sphodromantis spp

Creobroter spp

Most Communal:

Phyllocrania paradoxa

Gongylus gongylodes

Blepharopsis mendica

Idolomantis diabolica

Popa spurca

Mantis Species with the Most Personality:

Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii

Hierodula spp

Oxyopsis gracilis

Popa spurca

Sphodromantis spp

Pseudoharpax virescens

Mantis Species to Grow the Fastest:

Hierodula multispina

Pseudoharpax virescens

Miomantis paykullii

Acanthops spp

Longest Lived as Adult:

Popa spurca

Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii

Gongylus gongylodes

Miomantis paykullii

Acanthops spp

Mantis With the Best Ant Mimicry at L1:

Odontomantis spp

Acromantis spp

Hymenopus coronatus

Creobroter spp

Phyllocrania paradoxa

Theopropus elegans

Mantis Species Least Likely to Leave the Hobby:

Phyllocrania paradoxa

Creobroter spp

Hierodula spp

Parasphendale spp

Sphodromantis spp

anything i missed? let me know B)

BOLDED CATEGORIES ARE CLOSED FOR NOMINEES!!! Thanx

You missed in the Most Prolific Mantis Pseudohatpax virescens and Odontomantis planiceps. I think those two mantids are the fastest breeding mantis that were in America! What is Photogenic?

i put odontomantis in the prolific category

photogenic is being easy to photograph

In Most Flightful Mantis: you missed male Pseudoharpax virescens. They fly more than the male Chinese Mantids I have found around the area I live.

For Empusidae you forgot trachys!! And you didn't make a section for rarest mantis of all time! lol just suggestions

cool idea. i will have to think on my nominations.

Hey guys new here

I think for most cryptic that Acanthops sp. and deroplatys sp. deserve a spot in that category

mmmantis said:

Hey guys new here

I think for most cryptic that Acanthops sp. and deroplatys sp. deserve a spot in that category

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+1. now go introduce yourself !

In Most Prolific Breeder, you forgot the blue flash!

sinensispsyched said:

In Most Prolific Breeder, you forgot the blue flash!

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Trust me, I know that for a fact

Forgot to mention Toxodera sp for most cryptic

Just edited the post

For largest, add Toxodera, Paratoxodera, and the largest of them all, Ischnomantis gigas

Also, popas are communable, every sphodromantis is jumpy, Deroplatys trigonodera and idolos are really photogenic, and for smallest, maybe some tarachodes or amorphoscelis, and of course, the miniature acontista multicolor!! A multicolor is so small that adults are the size of your fingernail!

I think that should be most communual instead of Communicable.

Gee, for the jumpiest mantis category, I would include every L1 nymph I've ever photographed. Most of them never sit still. But seriously, the Sinomantis denticulata can be quite jumpy.

I'm not sure I would have nominated b. Mendicas under Lowest mortality. I lose about 20% until L3, and then the survival rate greatly improves. But I raise mine in net enclosures, and the L1s and L2s that mismolt are usually hanging on the sides of the enclosure. Still working on that issue.

I'm glad you add Oxyopsis gracilis to most prolific. Personally I would add them to lowest mortality but perhaps they are suited to the conditions at my house.

As for the most difficult category, do you mean to raise or to breed???

I would add Hymenopus coronatus to most photogenic. They are beautiful and pose nicely...

Sinomantis denticulata should be considered in the smallest mantis category.

If you add a category for longest time to molt to an adult, you should include Sinomantis denticulata.

If you add a category for most animated or best personality, you should consider p. wahlbergii.

Boy! I think you got to much time on your hands! :shifty:

I'll just read about the winners after the awards show. :lol:

in an attempt to not have too many categories, i deleted the negative ones...

The voting is already in at my house.

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