Empusa pennata pair

[Precarious]

I'm pretty sure they're sub-adult based on the male's antennae.

 

[Precarious]

 

[agent A]

Wow he has awesome antennae!!! I havent seen bigger antennae on a saturniid moth :lol:

 

[gripen]

Wow nice job! Looks like your male is about to moult to adult.

 

[sally]

Beautiful portraits!

 

[Precarious]

Looks like your male is about to moult to adult.

I know. He practically has ram horns!

 

[Bug Trader]

Very nice glad their in your hands and definitely subadult.

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Awesome specimens, and who better than you to photograph them. Christmas came early and santa was very nice to you... :santa:

 

[glock34girl]

They will likely molt in next few days. Mikes was a few days behind my male that molted two days ago.

 

[fleurdejoo]

He looks like royalty.

So beautiful!

Love the pic of him with the fly wing.

 

[Precarious]

Christmas came early and santa was very nice to you... :santa:

Santa is REAL!

 

[Krissim Klaw]

Those antennae, I just want to tickle them.

 

[OctoberRainne]

These are one of my favorite species,I've yet to have them but someday maybe

 

[Danny.]

How long do males live?

My male moulted to adult last night.

 

[Coneja]

Very nice pictures, and yeah, the thing that stood out to me the most was the male's antenna!

The black background with the black/dark blue cover make me imagine that you have a mantis photography corner... Your photos are very professional.

 

[glock34girl]

How long do males live?

My male moulted to adult last night.

Woo hoo! Not exactly sure. Reading through some of yen's journals he had one that was 6 weeks. Not sure how long he used it for breeding.

 

[Bug Trader]

I plan to wait maybe 2 weeks before introducing them, they seem to live on a shorter grow,and breeding cycle in order to have 2 generations going at once.

 

[Precarious]

How long do males live?

Never had them before so I don't know.

The black background with the black/dark blue cover make me imagine that you have a mantis photography corner... Your photos are very professional.

Thanks. Actually most of the pics with the black background were taken sitting with my knee up wearing black shorts. I let them crawl on my leg to take the photos. The background is black because when shooting macro anything not close enough to the flash or otherwise brightly lit turns out black. Sometimes that's desirable, sometimes not. I usually go with a white background but liked the black this time.

 

[Precarious]

Only 9 days adult...