Hierodula majuscula

[superfreak]

 

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[Morpheus uk]

Probably the ONLY Hierodula im interested in, typically though now i want one i cant find any for sale lol

 

[superfreak]

theyre pretty rare outside of oz. mainly because of our crazy export laws

 

[Katnapper]

Absolutely beautiful pics, Olga! You'll have a beautiful adult very soon, it appears. This species' name is very apt.

Edit: I'm still not fully awake yet... I forgot to comment on the pics with kitty. THOSE are GREAT... Love them! So kitty wasn't interested in catching or eating them at all?

 

[jameslongo]

These pics are old. I love the 2nd one in the 3rd post: having slain the giant furry marshmallow of a cat, the two mantids battle for supremacy :lol:

 

[hierodula]

male or female :huh:

 

[Emile.Wilson]

Beautiful pictures! Nice kitty kat

 

[Katnapper]

male or female :huh:

Not the best pic to sex a mantis... but my guess is male.

 

[planetq]

Probably the ONLY Hierodula im interested in, typically though now i want one i cant find any for sale lol

Yeah I agree with you! To me they are definitely the most visually pleasing out of all of them- very pretty species.

Minkyu

 

[Morpheus uk]

We did have them in culture over here but i just bleh plain green mantis, didnt realise they are so colourful lol

 

[jameslongo]

Not the best pic to sex a mantis... but my guess is male.

It was a male. And an angry one at that. Do Hierodula sp. chirp/scratch their wings as a defence mechanism? It did this when Olga's cat got to close.

 

[revmdn]

I like them.

 

[ABbuggin]

Probably the ONLY Hierodula im interested in, typically though now i want one i cant find any for sale lol

Same here lol.

 

[superfreak]

The adult was a male. The red nymph in the other pics is the same male. The female unfortunately died in a horrific molting accident while going to adult. I was devastated More so as i didnt even get any pics of her at sub - she was massive!

And yeah, the one time kitty took an interest in the male (just before those top photos were taken) he completely flipped out and started stridulating his wings, making a clacking/scraping sound. Cat was completely unimpressed - not a very effective defense technique (against anyone but me - i was quite hesitant to pick him up again :S)