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First of all, all the names londonmantid and I posted are all "correct". All the names are used somewhere in the Spanish speaking world. And I can guarantee that there are more. Second, the idea that mantids killed livestock is not unique to the Mexico, Central America, and South America. It...

So you suppose there could be a humidity-terminated egg diapause? Is there any precedent for this in mantids? Scott

According to page 283 of The Praying Mantids, the species Mantis religiosa is present in Ghana. Ghana is very near the equator. What could stop M. religiosa in Ghana from having overlapping generations and multiple generation per year? Scott

Orin, Why don't you tell us what you think Dr. Yager's quote does say. Here is the quote again: "Because mantises are primarily tropical in distribution, the issue of diapause doesn't come up often. Even M. religiosa, which needs diapause over some of its range, does not in others (southern...

MantidLord, It is important to note that basically all insects species trace their origin to the tropical equatorial zone. And, from what I have read, no successful insects in the tropical equatorial zone trace their roots to extratropical species. Based on that information, it would make sense...

Hypoponera, My question would be can the incubation start and then be halted or does the incubation process need to start and finish after the cold season. In other words, can the young begin to develop in the egg and stop that process because of cold weather? Or, once the young start to...

Hypoponera, I think you are correct, the freshly laid Northern European Mantis religiosa ootheca would never hatch in Africa. I think the freshly laid ootheca from an African M. religiosa would hatch in northern Europe but it could be at the end of the season and all nymphs would die. I suspect...

Arkanis, From what I could find, they use "Mamboreta" in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Scott

TheDakFoxOfDoom, The links to the pictures don't work...at least not for me. But it doesn't matter, even assuming the eggs have been fertilized, they are not viable outside of the ootheca like that. Sorry. Scott

MantidLord, Let's assume for a moment that Dr. David Yager is correct and Mantis religiosa in tropical regions do not require a diapause for their oothecae to hatch. Either the M. religiosa in tropical regions adapted to not require a diapause or the M. religiosa in temperate regions adapted to...

Well, let's not forget "Fraile" and "Pregadeu"... His grandmother used "Predicador" so I think he has what he needs.... Scott

A mantid that long would solve my feral cat problem..... ;) Scott

Folks, Things are a little slow around here and I thought this would be an interesting topic. This is more for the members here that have kept a lot of different mantid species, but all are welcome to participate. What is your favorite mantid species to keep? If you could only have one mantid...

¡De nada! Scott

Arkanis, "Mantis religiosa" is most common. Others include "Predicador", "Matapiojos", "Tata Dios", and "Mamboretá". Scott

Orin and kamakiri, Did you guys read this: Dr. Yager is the Dr. David Yager that contributed to the book "The Praying Mantids". He knows what he is talking about. If he says there are M. religiosa in parts of the world that don't need a diapause, I would tend to believe him. Scott

Let's not forget that not all color comes from pigmentation that would be affected by albinism. Chemicals in the body can provide some color as can some foods. In insects, many colors are seen because of how the exoskeleton structure interferes with light reflection. The insect in the picture...

Orin, Taiwan has a marine tropical climate which tells us the mean temperature is above 64.4 °F (18.0 °C) all year long. There is no way the climate in Taiwan would break diapause for a central or northern European Mantis religiosa. Mantis religiosa is also present in African countries. One...

Arkanis, The first thing you need to do is remember that what you see with captive mantids is not necessarily representative of what happens in nature. Keep in mind that the vast majority of mantid species are tropical and do not have to complete their life cycle in single growing season...

ant, What species? Scott