nirotorin
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What are the mantid species out their that nobody has, but everyone wants? There's bound to be a few awesome ones out there that aren't being kept.
Mantids that nobody has
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Sticky
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Toxodera. I see afew videos on youtube. Ive never heard anyone say they have them here in the US.
mantiseater
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Vlodek
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I agree with Sticky. Both Toxodera and Paratoxtodera are hard to find, keep/breed in captivity and I don't think they will be available in the hobby anytime soon.
Ischnomantis gigas
PlayingMantis
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the moss mantid?
Extrememantid
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Haven't they only found 2 specimens of that? There was a thread about it recently
brancsikia339
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No one has kept a Toxodera in captivity for more than four months. Other than Toxoderidae, there are many other species and genus' that no one has.
Brancsikia, Majangella, Pogonogaster, Stenophylla, Blepharodes, Majanga, Parablepharis, Citharomantis, Rivetina(?), Amorphoscelis, Ameles, Ceratocrania and Ischnomantis to name a few
Brancsikia, Majangella, Pogonogaster, Stenophylla, Blepharodes, Majanga, Parablepharis, Citharomantis, Rivetina(?), Amorphoscelis, Ameles, Ceratocrania and Ischnomantis to name a few
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PlayingMantis
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Yeah, too bad it's so rare, even in the wild. Wouldn't it be awesome to raise it in culture!
Dracus
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Amorphoscelis certainly was bred by Chinese enthusiasts, as well as by jeffx on UKMF. Out of Toxoderidae, Cheddikulama straminea was in the culture at least two years ago. I don't know about Parablepharis, Ceratocrania and Brancsikia as the pictures of nymphs came up now and then on various sites several times: they may be all taken from nature or some could have been bred.
That being said, the absolute majority of mantis genera have never been bred nor even kept.
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nirotorin
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Dang you guys. So many cool mantids we don't have. We should all chip in, and send somebody out to collect them for us.
Extrememantid
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Extrememantid
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The moss mantis? There was recently a thread about it.... ? And they only found like 2 nymphs in some park.. Maybe it's another species of moss mantid. I'll find the link
Extrememantid
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mantiseater
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its my dream to find a knew species.
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