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So you are on Borneo then? What are the localities where you found these nice species?

Braplast boxes for the adults, smaller plastic containers for the young. I lost my culture when ooths stopped to hatch, despite what I think were several suceesful matings, however since I was often out for work I didn't actually see them connect. Half of my males got eaten by the female...

Most people who had them lost their culture, I don't know if they are still bred now in Europe?

I bought an ooth from Sharon, communication was excellent and she always replied fast and with all the required info I needed. The ooth arrived in an extremely well packed and insulated parcel, I could not be happier with the service! I will definitely deal with her again in the future, I...

Amazing photos! They are very tiny, what do you feed them? Springtails?

Also Sphodromantis biocellata hybridizes with Sphodromantis lineola pinguis. Hybrids are unable to produce eggs and have spots on the forearms similar to S biocellata, but many more compared to the pure species.

The size comparison between the ooth and the adult religiosa is indeed raising some eybrows here.. African religiosa's are not always bigger than their European counterpart, some are actually smaller. The variation in size and body proportions is however quite spectacular, I'll see if I can...

It is Mantis religiosa, no doubt and yes they are very common in Africa and quite variable in size and body proportions. The religiosa's from Congo are the largest, but only certain populations.

I have Heterochaeta too, it took the nymphs one year and four months to mature to adult.

I have them in culture. I bought a mated female from a German breeder last year. She laid a fertile ooth and now I am having a small breeding stock. Most are now sub or sub-sub, unfortunately, it seems that I have only one male for some reason, bummer, but I need to check it again since I have...

It looks like a boy to me :)