Mantis Grammys Nomination Round

[agent A]

ok i added new categories but any category with less than 5 nominees i NEED more nominees for (to make the count AT LEAST 5) or the categories will be disregarded

thanx

 

[Chivalry]

I'd like to nominate Miomantis paykullii for both personality and longest lived as adult.

Oh and how about a 'best moves' category? Best hunter? Biggest pig lol...

 

[brancsikia339]

Mantis to grow the fastest:

idolos

P. virescens

T. aridifolia

Longest lived as adults:

Sphodro blue flash

H. majuscula

T. aridifolia- mine lived for close to 4 months!!

Mantis with best personality:

Sphodro blue flash

idolos

gongys

orchids

 

[agent A]

i've had a miomantis live 8 months as adult lol

 

[brancsikia339]

omg lol

 

[gripen]

Mantis to grow the fastest:

idolos

P. virescens

T. aridifolia

Longest lived as adults:

Sphodro blue flash

H. majuscula

T. aridifolia- mine lived for close to 4 months!!

Mantis with best personality:

Sphodro blue flash

idolos

gongys

orchids

idolos grow VERY VERY slow lol.

 

[mmmantis]

My idolos grew quite fast , moulted every 12-15 days and the last 30 days , just about 4 months

For longest lived i would put acanthops sp in as they can live as adults for over a year

 

[brancsikia339]

My idolos grew quite fast , moulted every 12-15 days and the last 30 days , just about 4 months

Same here. My idolo was an adult in under 4 months.

 

[gripen]

mine moult every 2-3 months.

 

[agent A]

i need more nominees for the categories with under 5

 

[brancsikia339]

Cutest mantis as L1:

Pseudoharpax virescens

Popa spurca

Blepharopsis mendica

Hymenopus coronatus

Idolomantis diabolica

Best Beginner Mantis Species:

Creobroter spp.

Popa spurca

Miomantis paykullii

Pseudoharpax virescens

Tenodera aridifolia

Most Ravenous Species for their Size:

Blepharopsis mendica

Pseudoharpax virescens

Acanthops sp.

Cilnia humeralis

Parasphendale agrionina

Rare/Difficult Species Most Suddenly Become Common/Popular in Culture:

Idolomantis diabolica

Blepharopsis Mendica

Oxypothespis dumontii

Hierodula majuscula

Sinomantis denticulata

Rare/Difficult Species Most Popular Among Hobbyists:

Idolomantis diabolica

Blepharopsis mendica

Hymenopus coronatus

Sinomantis denticulata

Gongylus gongylodes

Best New Species in Culture:

H. hoffmani

Hierodula majuscula

Oxypothespis dumontii

Idolomantis diabolica

Creobroter urbanus

Most Flightful Mantis:

Tenodera sinensis

Creobroter pictipennis

Pseudoharpax virescens

Creobroter apicalis

Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii

Bulkiest Mantis Species:

Hierodula spp

Sphodromantis spp

Creobroter spp

Cilnia humeralis

Rhombodera spp

Most Communal:

Phyllocrania paradoxa

Gongylus gongylodes

Blepharopsis mendica

Idolomantis diabolica

Popa spruca

Mantis Species with the Most Personality:

Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii

Hierodula spp

Sphodromantis sp. "Blue Flash"

Idolomantis diabolica

Pseudoharpax virescens

Mantis Species to Grow the Fastest:

Hierodula multispina

Pseudoharpax virescens

Miomantis paykullii

Acanthops spp

Idolomantis diabolica

Mantis Species Least Likely to Leave the Hobby:

Phyllocrania paradoxa

Creobroter spp

Hierodula spp

Parasphendale spp

Sphodromantis spp

I added some species to each. I bolded them.

 

[agent A]

nice

i do have to disagree with 2 things:

1 tenodera is not a beginner species if u ask rob byatt on UKMF, mainly cause of the hatchling mortality i guess

2 my pseudocreobotra never flew, even after 5 months as an adult

but most other suggestions i will add B)

thanx

 

[gripen]

also idolos are NOT new to culture. sinomantis is NOT as common as you make it seem.

 

[brancsikia339]

nice

i do have to disagree with 2 things:

1 tenodera is not a beginner species if u ask rob byatt on UKMF, mainly cause of the hatchling mortality i guess

2 my pseudocreobotra never flew, even after 5 months as an adult

but most other suggestions i will add B)

thanx

Oh. I've been breeding tenoderas for over 6 years continuously.

 

[brancsikia339]

also idolos are NOT new to culture. sinomantis is NOT as common as you make it seem.

sinomantis is a new species in culture, though. Idolos have become increasingly common, but just a few years ago, they were really rare.

 

[gripen]

well a lot more than a couple of years a lot a species like blue flash and majuscula are even newer to culture than idolos.

 

[agent A]

Oh. I've been breeding tenoderas for over 6 years continuously.

then i will put it on

 

[brancsikia339]

Thanks. Also, my blue flashes have been adult for almost 6 months

 

[gripen]

Thanks. Also, my blue flashes have been adult for almost 6 months

but they are still newer in culture than idolos.

 

[brancsikia339]

but they are still newer in culture than idolos.

Yes they are, but they're already in that category.