Blepharopsis mendica

[ThorEH]

On of the new boys (and girls) in the house...

 

[Kruszakus]

Just cute!

 

[Malnra]

That thar is one nice lookin' bug

 

[asdsdf]

Wow, what a nice white!

 

[spawn]

Thor, how big are these guys full grown male/female?

 

[ThorEH]

The full grown male/femal should stop at about 6/7 cm

 

[ThorEH]

A new pic taken yesterday..

 

[ThorEH]

 

[Mantida]

That's a really nice picture.

I ordered two B. mendica from Nick and they had died upon arrival. They were pretty cool. I hope I can raise some of them in the future.

 

[ThorEH]

And here is my B.mendica male at subadult

 

[yen_saw]

Beautiful pic ThorEH! looks like he is going to molt into adult soon too. Best of luck.

 

[ThorEH]

I'm keeping my fingers crossed Yen - he ate yesterday.. Will try to feed them tomorrow, If he hasn't already molted - I'm really excited about gettin these two into adulthood.

 

[Morpheus uk]

Amazing pics, i want these so badly ...

 

[Kruszakus]

Oh yeah - they are cool! The funny side is that they are tiny as 1st instar nymphs - but as they grow, they become quite impressive - sizewise I mean.

Ferocious when dealing with prey, but quite placid towards each other - I still keep mine communaly - no hostility whatsoever.

 

[ThorEH]

And last night the male moulted into adulthood - now it hanging to dry

New photos will come tomorrow (and one of my Gongylus also moulted to L5, so photos of that will also come )

 

[ThorEH]

And finally, here are the pictures !

The antennas are just amazing !

 

[yen_saw]

Congrate! NIce pic and cool looking antenna, looks very similar to moth antenna

I have some hatch out too, each is probably the size of your adult male's eye :lol:

 

[Kruszakus]

Is this some kind of magic? Seriously! On the same day I bought nymphs I had a chance to see an adult pair - the female was huge! Just how do they grow from 4 mm to 2.5 inches?

 

[Morpheus uk]

Amazing pics as useral, starting to think these arent in crappy old England after all