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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...

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

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?

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...

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

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...

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 I dont know any latin names, and the first 2 of these were sold to me as Asian mantids, green mantids or some other generic name :lol: Mileek (sorry the flash washed his colours out, this was before I got a good camera) Buddy Buddy again, doing what she did best Marylin the...

Hi everyone, my name's Mel, Im from the Northern Ireland and yes you guessed it I love and keep mantids :lol: Ive had a few in the past, but at the minute I have an adult female orchid, a young (poss. female, havent checked properly yet) "fantasy" mantid and there are 2 Idolomantis on their...