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Thanks I was always curious about that, I know the raptorial legs themselves don't grow back, but I never knew if the spines did.

If a mantis breaks one of his/her spines on the raptorial legs, do they regenerate the next molt?

I have an ooth that I'm not sure is fertile or not, it was laid on March 31st 2014.

I guess I'm just going to take care of it as if it was fertile just to make sure. One last question, does this species in particular guard the ooth? I noticed that even though the ooth is done and secure, she really makes it a priority to stay close on top of it.

I sure hope you're right, this was my first time trying to breed D. Lobata, I was introduced to the species by a friend on another forum and they quickly became one of my favorite mantis species lol

That does help thank you! This is sort of a ridiculous questions, but what would happen if the mating process was interrupted? The male was very confident, but after about the first hour or so the female started to retaliate and shoved him off so I can't say they successfully mated because I...

So about a month or so ago I attempted to breed two adult D. Lobatas in which the male was aggressively trying to get his chance. Though I wasn't sure if they mated or not, I saw she began to become a little intolerant of the male so I separated them again to play it safe. Just today I came...

I'm looking for an adult male to mate with my adult female, I'm also looking for nymphs of this species.

So this is normal right?

I'm kinda new to mantis breeding, I've only bred Chinese mantises and this is my first time trying to breed D. Lobata. I had a couple of pairs of adults but only tried to breed one pair as the male was consistently trying to go for it. I didn't really notice until a friend pointed it out, but...

I'm looking for adult male specimens of D. Lobata to breed with my female, also looking at nymphs as well.

I'm looking for at least one male D. Lobata for breeding purposes, but would like a couple for my female adult. Private message or post offers.

lol I know xD, but you made a good reply. It's alright, it's kinda sad as he was trying consistently for the past week to mate with her lol, but this time when he got her in a lock she got him. I'm not sure where I will find a male adult D. Lobata.

lol I have bred other easy species, I came in knowing this species is notorious for being difficult. She proved that today when she unfortunately flipped the male over in the middle of mating and ate him D:

I'm looking for a male capable of mating with my female D. Lobata.

She mostly just kinda kicks him off and tries to walk away. There was one moment where she did turn around, but did not attack him.

I have two D. Lobatas, both of which are now mature. While the male is a little uncertain, whenever he gets close enough he immediately goes for mounting the female. Unfortunately, since he is about half the size the female easily knocks him off. She doesn't attack, but she'll start walking and...

Here is a back and front shot of the female specimen https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/1472760_556962757732483_1812787323_n.jpg https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1461828_556211594474266_36650194_n.jpg

I have a male and female specimen of D. Lobata that was identified as "pre sub adult" in October but both have molted once since then. Here are images of them images https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/q85/s720x720/1508055_563632130398879_1011237257_n.jpg...

Although I have many sub adults, I have one adult female specimen I would really like to breed. She's well fed and ready to go, PM offers or mail me at [email protected] :) (an image of her is found below)