Hello everyone. I am 'The Friend' Sinista mentioned in his original post. I guess ill answer your questions.
Welcome! how big was the archimantis?
65-70mm. Hard to tell without getting him on a ruler.
Ooh, we look forward to seeing your bug friends. Welcome.
Will post them in the pictures section. Found a small male this afternoon pics of him too.
we;come, I believe there are others here.
Thanks, I hope so! we are going out completly blind on this. We "caught" and fed mantids as kids but only for entertainment. Would be nice to see some other aussies who can provide information on the native species.
Welcome from Seattle!
One of the easiest ways to post your pics is to upload 'em to a free service (e.g. Photobucket) and then just embed them into your posts here using img tags. If that last part sounded confusing, I recommend using the "Share" feature on Photobucket.
Thanks bro. Went an dun did that. Fingers crossed. Nice profile pic BTW. i love the curiosity in their eyes.
Welcome and good day, mate!
Cheers and cheers :batman:
Nice! I've got some Archimantis latistyla nymphs coming.
Awesome!! we plan on breeding asap id like to see the local native population rise, as Sinista said, we havent seen one for years (clearly havent been looking). I would love to find a pair of monstrosa, they are apparently threatened by latistyla here. Havent read up much on the sucject. They are both beautiful, big species.
Thank You. :yinyang:
That's awesome. Our first was a 'wild caught' T. sinensis. But they're like potato chips... you really can't just have one.
Welcome from over here in Tennessee
Oh i LOVE large mantids. How did you go with careing for it as the first time?
We have Tenodera australasiae here, very similar but not found in my region. Although i have definatly come across a few.
You are too right. Just like potato chips. We found another P. albofimbriata this afternoon. very small. oh i love mantids.
Have you ever seen Hierodula majuscula?
No. Not yet. they are rainforest dwellers to my knowledge. looks like a trip to the rainforest is in order.
Welcome to the forum!
Happy Australia Day!!!
CHEERS!!
