I'm doing an assignment as part of my college course and we've been given the option of a select few exotic species.
I've decided to focus on the spiny flower mantis [Pseudocreobotra Wahlbergii]
and I'm looking for information about how they reproduce preferably about the display behaviours before mating and the actual copulation process.
I also need to know what triggers them to breed such as temperature, photoperiodism or anything that changes in the environment making them realise they need to breed.
If you could tell me how to identify the genders that would be really helpful- I assume the female is bigger as in other praying mantids?
How long would you keep the eggs incubated for and what is the gestation period for this species?
Any information about metamorphosis would be beneficial.
Lastly how the parents care for them? Is it just the female who caters for the young? Does the male play a role?
Alternatively if anyone can provide me details of any sites that may have some of this information as I'm sure you can appreciate there is a lot to find out and finding this out on praying mantids is incredibly hard!
Or any contacts of breeders of praying mantids that would know any of the above would be great.
To anyone that gives me any information I will be incredibly grateful to you Thanks a lot.
I've decided to focus on the spiny flower mantis [Pseudocreobotra Wahlbergii]
and I'm looking for information about how they reproduce preferably about the display behaviours before mating and the actual copulation process.
I also need to know what triggers them to breed such as temperature, photoperiodism or anything that changes in the environment making them realise they need to breed.
If you could tell me how to identify the genders that would be really helpful- I assume the female is bigger as in other praying mantids?
How long would you keep the eggs incubated for and what is the gestation period for this species?
Any information about metamorphosis would be beneficial.
Lastly how the parents care for them? Is it just the female who caters for the young? Does the male play a role?
Alternatively if anyone can provide me details of any sites that may have some of this information as I'm sure you can appreciate there is a lot to find out and finding this out on praying mantids is incredibly hard!
Or any contacts of breeders of praying mantids that would know any of the above would be great.
To anyone that gives me any information I will be incredibly grateful to you Thanks a lot.