Deroplatys lobata

[Morpheus uk]

As it stands now i have 2 pre sub adult females, the one pre pre sub adult female and 2 sub adult males, i located the sexes differnetly ages ago in tthe hope of speeding the females up and cooling the males down.

One of the females has been in the shedding position for about 4 days now i think, so that dont seem good :angry:

I thought to myself at the time of taking these pics that i dont often take photos of the males of the species so i decided to get the 2 males out for a little photo shoot.

 

[revmdn]

Are these mantids canabalistic? They don't seem to be.

 

[Anleoflippy]

This species only come out in the harvesting season in Sabah, Malaysia...

I saw this species last year and it was eating another Mantis,I dont know what species its eating but I think its a nymph Chinese Mantis...

Talk about cannibalistic...