Acanthops erosula

[mantisdeperu]

Hi all my friends. I was very sick but I feel better. Now I have a lots of Peruvian mantids. Here Acanthops erosula, I have 9 couples L6 so I will have available oothecae very soon.

Best regards

 

[Asa]

Nice pics!

 

[robo mantis]

Nice your country has many native species i want to go there some day

 

[RodG]

Cool mantids 8) Please post photos when they become adults.

 

[Ian]

Beautiful Christian Thanks for sharing.

I would certainly be interested in seeing some photos of the Choereododis species! (spelling :?

 

[mantisdeperu]

Hi guys. Here more photos of My Acanthops erosula.

Best regards

 

[mantisdeperu]

Hi guys. Now all my males Acanthops erosula are adults. I only waiting for the females to mate them.

Very soon some nymphs so sell in USA.

 

[Sparky]

reminds me of my old grandfather clock

 

[Andrew]

Fascinating species! Would love to see them enter the hobby here.

 

[OGIGA]

Hehe, another leafy-looking mantis. Cool!

 

[Johnald Chaffinch]

the abdomen and wings look a lot like Phyllocrania paradoxa (ghost mantids), are they closely related?

(perhaps it's just convergent evolution, it's as close as mantids have gotten to mimicking dead leaves?..)

 

[Fisherman_Brazil]

cool, indeed!

 

[spawn]

the abdomen and wings look a lot like Phyllocrania paradoxa (ghost mantids), are they closely related?(perhaps it's just convergent evolution, it's as close as mantids have gotten to mimicking dead leaves?..)

There are some very, VERY good leaf mimicks. At least a thorax of this species is reminiscent of a typical mantid. Some species just look like kites with leaf veins.

 

[mantisdeperu]

Here are 2 females Acanthops species: Acanthops erosula, does any know what is the other specie?

 

[spawn]

This is the species in your avatar, Christian?

 

[mantisdeperu]

Hi. No it isn´t. The specie of my avatar is Stenophylla from Brazil.

 

[Christian]

Well, send me fertilized ooths, wait 6 months and I'll identify them for you... :lol:

 

[MantidLord]

:blink: I'm confused. Is Mantisdeperu Christan?

 

[ABbuggin]

:blink: I'm confused. Is Mantisdeperu Christan?

I believe they both are.