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Thank you all for replying and answering my question! That text you posted was extremely interesting, so I may have to look into getting that book :lol:

Hi everyone. Just been wondering about how mantids see. I had assumed that the little black dots in their eyes that follow you everywhere were actually that - their eyes - but now that I'm getting more into macro photography I can see that their eyes seem to have a compound texture, like a fly...

I think I did this right :lol: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chocolatecolubrid/

Haven't been on in a while, so thought I'd share some pics of my African mantid. Thanks for looking :)

Ah I think it was Hymenopus. Thanks! Do you know if they are variable in the amount of red/black they hatch with?

I'm having trouble remembering the species of a nymph I seen photos of here a while back (I can't find the pics) - it looked very similar to an ant, black, possibly with red and very shiney. Can anyone remind me what I seen?

Thanks for all your input guys! I've been looking up Sphrodomantis and found the closest resemblance are S. meridionalis according to this site http://gutt.sg.free.fr/Mantes-anglais.htm What do you guys think? There isn't much info on them on google, so I'm only going by the one site.

Hi, I posted pics of this wee guy at the start of the month to see if anyone knew what species he is, but the overall conclusion was he was too small. He's had a few more moults since then, so can anyone enlighten me yet? I have found out the ooth my friend hatched originated from Cameroon, in...

I can only speak of what I know about reptile and millipede mites, as I don't know enough about mantids but I'm sure someone here will be able to inform us. Mites are little small, spider-like parasites, ie they live off a host. There are many varieties: some live in wood and are harmless; some...

Morpheus uk, in doing a search for your mentioned species (sorry to hear about your breeding failure :( ) I found these guys claiming to sell them in the UK. I'm sure you know about them, but thought I'd post a link just incase. It's worth contacting them even if they're out of stock, they...

Thanks very much for everyone's replies. I figured it was a shot in the dark with it being so small, so I'll see if I can get shots of it when its bigger. Thanks again

Can anyone identify this mantid nymph? Its had 2 moults since hatching and is just over 1cm long at the minute.

Thanks for everyones advice and for the link Rick :) A friend of mine suggested predator mites, so I might give them a go before I start looking at other things, just incase they arent friendly mites lol. Thanks again B)

Sorry, I did mean ghost mantis, she was sold to me as a fantasy so I keep referring to her as such. I dont want to start any arguments here, but I am quite shocked that you deem mites harmless. In the wild they may be harmless as animals rarely stay in the same place for too long, so when mites...

Im sorry if this has been covered, I couldnt find the info I need from the search feature (I may have missed it). Anyway I was analysing some pics of my adult orchid mantis and noticed what I thought was food gunk round her mouth till a closer examination revealed a mite-like creature. I...

Thanks for the replies, info passed on. Apparently the wasps have all gone, theres no sign of them anywhere, just disappeared overnight :huh: I have my suspicions theyve done their deed and died but my mate seems optimistic. Thanks for the fast replies :)

Thanks for the quick reply. Im not sure about the ooth's background, she might post herself with further details. Thanks again Mel

A friend of mine has just started to "hatch" an ooth (sp. unknown) and has the nymphs in a large tub until the entire lot is done. She's introduced a fruit fly culture to the tub for the new nymphs to feed as they need to, but there are some weird little insects appearing now which we dont know...

Sorry for bringing this topic up again, but I was going to start a new one anyway and figured it was related. When my orchid was small her white areas were pure white, then just before her final moult she started to get some pale pink on some areas of white. I kept her on some fake pure white...

Thanks very much for your comments and info! Much appreciated!