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Flesh flies do give birth to live young. They compete with many other fly species that feed on carrion and such, so their young to have the best chance of survival and having to wait for eggs to hatch would be wasted time, so live birth it is :) . If you catch a flesh fly female, usually they...

They dont Rebecca. Mantids dont really have to 'practice' skills. (At least through playing). Yes by the time a mantids is adults, its strike has been refined by 'practicing' on prey its younger life, but you wont see a mantis put a fly a certain distance away, then striking at it to...

Yup, there is a generally a higher purpose for it. As in humans kids (and some adults :P ) the play to have fun, but in actuality while it may br fun, they are practicing vital skills.

Missed ur bday aychen, sorry. Happy birthday! :)

Insect invertebrates, including but not limited to mantids, do not "play". When we see kittens playing with a ball of yarn, they are practicing coordination skills, hunting skills, and the like. They need the activity and brain stimulation to develop correctly. When they 'play' with each other...

I believe a more prevalent curve in the thorax and slightly different 'leafy-projections' along with different color would yield an ID of Paratoxodera.

Be careful. Many dangerous things in that forest at night (and in thr day) when you use the UV light....if you do find some, customs will be very tough to bypass.

Just imagine mantids having ovipositors, now imagine them laying eggs with the ovipositors, thats what calling looks like, like Krissim Klaws pic.

Pseudomiopteryx infuscata is there name.

If I had any to give :P out of 7 males and 5 females none were willing to mate. Definitely my pics.

This topic has been covered numerous times. Use the search feature :) Basically, in very few words, the female moves the tip of her abdomen up and down.

Yup, genus is Pseduomiopteryx .....narrowing it down from infuscata, and maculata is the toughest part. Nicely done Gill :)

That last link does 'kind of' hold the answer. But not entirely.

Nope, try again happy :) And paradoxica, they never wanted to mate. 7 males and 5 females and none wanted to mate. ....only an unfertile ooth to show for it.

This is a Costa Rican mantis species. Only a few mm when L1's and can only eat young sprintails. Adults are less than an inch and do well with D. hydei. I know what this species is, im just testing some of the more 'veteran' members :) I've included pictures of an L1, older instar, adult...

I just like giving you a hard time Rebecca! :D :taz:

Bc that is my goal, up my post count :P it does appear that way and if thats how you perceive it then so be it, but those weren't my intentions. I remember being new here and I really enjoyed the warm welcome I got, trying to do the same, but I guess I cant anymore.

I just wanted to welcome everybody (most of them) I missed when I was absent from the forum :)

Welcome from Florida! :)

Welcome from Florida! :)