Kongobatha diademata – snake mantis L4/5

[maybon]

So you guys & girls asked for some photos of my snake mantids, my phone was flat after I fed them so I missed out on photos of them eating, I only took photos of one of my females today but I will post the males tomorrow. I will catch them eating!

So here she is; she is L5

Didn't know which one was the best quality so I thought I'd go with these 3.

these guys are super cool and charge and tackle the flies once they see them. After pretending to be a swaying leaf in the wind first of course.

 

[agent A]

so cute!! :wub:

 

[brancsikia339]

Awesome!!! Wish they were available in the US!

 

[maybon]

Awesome!!! Wish they were available in the US!

Really? I thought you could get almost anything in the US... When I get mine to mate and lay ootheca I would be happy to send some up there to get a culture started (only if it is legal to do so).

 

[twolfe]

I must have missed your previous posts about this species. With the name Snake Mantis, it wasn't at all like what I was expecting to see. It somewhat resembles a Sinomantis.

 

[maybon]

I think they get the name from how they act, they "twist" like how a snake moves when they are pretending to be a leaf in the wind.

 

[brancsikia339]

Maybon, do you also keep Neomantis australis?

 

[maybon]

I wish, they are high on my wanted list they are very small and hard to raise from someone I know who tried breeding them once. I have a few people who go on regular bug hunts around where they are found who have said they will send me some if they get them. So soon hopefully I will have them, their wings are so damn cute.

 

[yen_saw]

I kept this species in 2010/2011. They are smaller than Sinomantis but about the size of Tropidomantis. I hatched an ooth but end up with only females.... bummer.

 

[maybon]

That is an amazing photo yen, thanks for sharing! Their eyes are really awesome, I love the red strip.

 

[agent A]

Yen if u only had females is it possible they were parthenogenic?

 

[MantidLord]

I think he meant that the males died.