For you Metal fans.......

[Bug Trader]

M.splendidus, boy do I need a new camera. recently bred female.

 

[glock34girl]

OMG I NEED THAT! For my gun-name motiff. :gunsmilie:

 

[Bug Trader]

Yeah shes all nickel plated but the M. violaceous are a real gun metal color. M. fallox? is my next search to secure all three.

 

[Mime454]

Those are bigger than what I thought. Good luck with the nymphs!

 

[Paradoxica]

Awesome

 

[azn567]

Is she missing a leg?

 

[Bug Trader]

Yeah this ones missing her front left, , There are 2.3 of them in the group. I have all females bred, 2 ooths and little hope I pull this off being its only the second attempt but soon we will know. Im hoping to establish a large communal group.

 

[jamurfjr]

Cool.

 

[sinensispsyched]

Pardon my language here but daaaaayuuuuum! That is a WICKED looking mantis!!

 

[Sticky]

She is beautiful!

 

[BugLover]

Beautiful!

 

[brancsikia339]

Yeah shes all nickel plated but the M. violaceous are a real gun metal color. M. fallox? is my next search to secure all three.

She's gorgeous!!! I don't think M. fallax is gonna be easy to get a hold of

 

[Bug Trader]

I already have friend with M. fallax both in the US and EU.

 

[aNisip]

wow! nice beauties you got there! are you going to use a huge terrarium set-up for the communal group?

 

[brancsikia339]

I already have friend with M. fallax both in the US and EU.

Wow!!! guess you're set!

 

[Precarious]

Awesome! Best of luck with the ooths.

 

[Reptiliatus]

Very nice!

 

[brancsikia]

There are only two Metallyticus species bred in captivity. M. splendidus and M. violaceus (this was previously misidentified as M. fallax).

Good luck with them.

 

[naeff002]

I really would like to get this specie again, very beautiful.