Recent content by timp

Is this species of mantis particularly rare or something? I am having real difficulty tracking one down

We're still looking for a male mate for her. There is a better picture of her above now. I would REALLY appreciate it if aanyone could help me with this or point me in the right direction. Just send me an email or a PM through the forum. Many thanks :) Tim

Yeah the thing that finally convinced me was the little marking on its wing. Thanks for your help :)

Ok, so my dad bought himself a better camera and we've taken some much clearer pictures. This is the best one, click for a larger version:- From your pictures Ben, I think it looks very much like the Polyspilota aeruginosa in the link you posted even though its alot fatter. What does everyone...

I dont know how well you can see it in the picture I posted above. To be honest, it doesnt really look like your photo Ben.M, that photo is a lot darker colour (and to be honest a bit grainy so its hard to tell about the shape, but so far as I can tell it is similar), the ones on the link you...

Hmm, can someone confirm for me that Marbled Mantis (I think Hierodula parviceps?) and Madagascan Marbled Mantis (I think Polyspilota aeruginosa?) are completely different? Does anyone have any pictures of each? The one I've pictured above was sold as just a 'marbled mantis' but everytime I...

Do they only fly in order to find a mate in the first place? If so I guess its pretty redundant once theyre carrying the eggs

Is she fully grown? If so, how long has she been adult for? I thought one of ours was going to explode but then it laid an ooth.

I said height, one of my first mantids did have quite a tall tank but there was loads of other stuff in there too like branches so she didnt have access so a nice bit of open space to dangle in when she wanted to shed. I looked in one day and thought "hmmm, she's quite big, if she wants to shed...

I was asked about my phobias in a job interview today. I said earwigs, they're just horrible looking things

Can you please let me know if your friend has any luck?

Seriously she had spent pretty much her entire life on the roof, she came down to lay her ooth and now she stays by it rather than going back to the roof. Its difficult to describe the behaviour, and im probably somewhat guilty of mapping human actions and emotions onto the mantis but she really...

The pet shop in question is pretty decent.

It seems a lot of the names for them are just made up on the spot. I asked the guy in the pet shop what the real name for it was, "Fantasy mantis" was the name provided by his stockist, he had a google for images and alternate names for me but couldnt find anything, he had customers and was busy...

Hi folks, Here is a photo of what I think is a Marbled mantis, she was sold as a marbled mantis and she looks like the pictures I've found by googling. Definitely a female as she recently laid an unfertilised ooth. Sorry for the poor quality of the picture. Before she laid this ooth she...