Hestiasula sp.

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chun

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Here are some pictures of my new arrivals. Incredibly hard to get a good shot of them, as they wont bloody stop moving (and they're pretty small), but never the less, i've been fantasizing about this species when i was 15, so i'm over the moon that i've got some now.

Hestiasula sp. (the REAL boxer mantid)

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Very similar to my Ephestiasula sp :)

Boxers are my favourites as they exhibit behaviours seen nowhere else in mantids :)

Wish you luck in breeding those!

 
That's a compact little ball o' mantis! They remind me of the battle droids in the more recent Star Wars movies.
Hahaha! I thought the same thing!

It's seriously like this awesome insect ball made of win and ferociousness. I particularly like the last picture, with just its face in focus.

 
Very nice Nico, thanks for sharing the photos!

(I had a browse through the Mantodeenforum, it's very nice...wish my german was better though)

 
Pity the Ceratomantis are not with us anymore, it would be a brilliant photo if one could put Hestiasula and Ceratomantis opposite to each other... it would be like a positive-negative or a angel-devil view :)

These two species look very alike with the horn on the top of their heads and the abdomen straighten up like that!

 
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