Cilnia humeralis

[Asa]

He looks like he's wet. :lol:

 

[OGIGA]

Pretty good pictures! You must have a nice camera.

 

[RodG]

Great close up photos!!!

 

[Morpheus uk]

Amazing photos, heres a few of mine i forgot, hes (i think) shed to sub adult now, will try and hunt down a girl for him, sadly hes lost his blue colouration, then went orangy at pre sub adult, now hes a mixture of the two with black patterning

 

[OGIGA]

Looks like she's about to get black/brown areas after she molts.

 

[Morpheus uk]

Yep, im sure its a male now, sub adult now aswell

 

[Morpheus uk]

heres one of mr bluey lol

 

[Rob Byatt]

I'm always amazed at just how aggressive this species is.

It is without doubt the most grumpy and tenacious species I have ever kept. I simply can't go do anything with some females. Anything that touches them is immediately pounced on.

Here's what happened when I tried to get my largest female on a stick......

The photo only shows 2/3 of the stick, plus it is not being supported by anything other than the mantis :!:

Crazy bugs :wink:

 

[Djoul]

Very nice, thank you for the quality of the picture

 

[sufistic]

That's one crazy mantis...

 

[OGIGA]

Haha! What a crazy mantis indeed! I'm surprised that it is still hanging on that surface AND holding onto something many times bigger than it!

 

[john_jb1]

my friend did that with a tooth pick, the mantis died in a couple weeks, that was the most agressive mantis i've ever saw, it bit everything, it ate the greenery in its container. It was a female african mantis.

-john-

 

[khabirun]

You know what i just realised?

Yen fed his wide arm an orchid male.

 

[Djoul]

very nice pics, your pictures are awesome !