Dmina's mantid collection in progression 2014

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Lovely collection. :)

Hestiasula Major = Giant Boxer Mantis Got them L2 now L4ish. No giant by any means, I think someone was wishful thinking when naming this one..
This species is significantly larger (5-10mm) than the other Boxers (Hestiasula spp.) in culture. That's why it got the name 'giant' boxer mantis. ;)

 
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Thank you...

Wanted to share with you a weekend of enclosure making...



 
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My Spiny Flower molted yesterday.. I got some new pics of her she is getting so big.. Well as big as a wahlbergii gets.. hehe a lot bigger then when I first got her.

Then:

and her now!





Now she gets a little defensive...





Her in all her little glory..





 
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Here is a little video of her display:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4/dmina/Mantid%20Photos/th_MVI_3581.mp4

My A. Japonica molted

I think this it the male... (I can't find photo's showing the male/female difference)



He is all brown... he lost his name tag and I was raising him with the dead leaf's But he was not growing as fast...

This is the female... Love the green overcoat!







 
Lovely pics! Thanks for sharing! The Acromantis's green overcoat is quite stunning - I never knew they looked like that. :)

 
The Acromantis's green overcoat is quite stunning - I never knew they looked like that. :)
Look who just got their wings...









http://s16.photobucket.com/user/dmina/media/Mantid Photos/IMG_3703.jpg.html

IMG_3707.jpg


Such pretty wings...I wish I could get a better picture of them.. they look shiny a little gold metallic.. Tiny, the last pic is my index finger knuckle...

 
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I personally reared her Carolinas, but one odd thing is one of my adults now has all the markings of a chinese... yet is about half the size. This is looking kind of the same, too small to be a Chinese but is keeping the look. They were reared in close proximity but were/are about 3 months younger than my Chinese were so a mix up is impossible - all my Chinese were adult when the Carolinas were L3.

 
That is interesting Soundspawn... Mimic ... I have heard of that somewhere? I am still to new, to recognize that easily...

LOL... well I am going to have to go back and do another pic.. of one that looks like a proper Carolina... One just molted so I need to update it anyways...

 
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The last 2 were my Birthday present to myself... That is my little zoo.. I will try and update each as they molt.. or other milestones...

Thank you for taking the time to look in ... I hope you enjoyed looking at them as much as I do.

To be continued ...
Many great images, and indeed a little zoo! Thanks for sharing. :D

 
Ok... So I am not as good as you all are, at the characteristics between Chinese and the Carolina's. So I took pictures of them all. (Carolina's).

S.carolina A:





B:





C:







 
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They appear to be Tenodera Sinensis.
They are too small to be Chinese, those wing buds are a molt or two from adult yet they are hardly two knuckles long.

Compare to:

http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/carolina-praying-mantis-stagmomantis-carolina-10769502.jpg

http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/carolina-praying-mantis-stagmomantis-carolina-10941779.jpg

http://image.xenogere.com/Other/Social/i-dFp2wFz/0/M/20130704_07735-M.jpg

Also it's hard to tell from all the pictures, but many times Carolina's will have alternating colors in their legs, like a camo pattern, Chinese I've never seen that. Like this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Stagmomantis_carolina_nymph_01.jpg

 
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