Desert Mantis - Eremiaphila brunneri

[Birdman]

Good Morning Folks - is anyone out there working with Desert Mantis? I am interested in information on the enclosure set up, temperature, humdity and diet. Any and all help would be much appreciated Thanks much and have an awesome weekend...

Bill

 

[aNisip]

Hey Bill... ChrisP has kept these and a similar species....contact him for info and also Yen had them and wrote a log for them...http://usamantis.com/pebbledesert_log.html

All the best,

Andrew

 

[Rick]

If anyone has one of these and it dies I'd be interested in obtaining it for my collection.

 

[brancsikia339]

If anyone has one of these and it dies I'd be interested in obtaining it for my collection.

+1

 

[Crazy4mantis]

Ive never seen one for sale but I would love to have one. They're so cute! I'm guessing keep at gongy temps and low RH in a low wide tank with sandy substrate and feed ground bugs like crix.

 

[Crazy4mantis]

I wonder how they molt if they stay on the ground...

 

[Malakyoma]

I wonder how they molt if they stay on the ground...

I believe its similar to how a cricket molts. There are pictures here: http://www.mantisonline.de/index.php?lan=en&show=species_mantids_view&content=a:6:{s:7:%22subshow%22;s:15:%22species_mantids%22;s:10:%22level_left%22;s:3:%22def%22;s:5:%22genus%22;s:11:%22eremiaphila%22;s:18:%22level_left_species%22;s:5:%22index%22;s:7:%22species%22;s:4:%22spec%22;s:23:%22level_left_species_mode%22;s:8:%22pictures%22;}

That URL is way too long.

 

[robo mantis]

I got them from yen a few years back. Only had one. I still have the setup. I could go get some pics of it. The mantis molted and then died a few days later. I believe overeating can actually be a problem for this species. Not too sure on cause of death but i sure wasn't happy about it. I had it feeding on fruit flies all the way up til it died. The ooth of this species seems to be layed into the sand. They molt very much like crickets, standing on the ground and then pushing up and out of the old skin.

 

[robo mantis]

Here is my setup that I used years ago.

Side View

 

[Birdman]

Thanks one and all for the help I'll keep you posted on how they do.......