Mantis mania!!

[guapoalto049]

Beautiful! Especially the mixed breed comparrisons. Love to see your adult Idol female next to the Chinese...

I wish the Chinese adult could live that long! I have a hunch that the Idolo would be one of the few that could shadow Chinese. There is so much mis-information about mantid size, such as claims of 6" Chinese mantids. I've never seen one legitimately over 4".

I have seen a picture of a legitimate 12cm (4.75")Idolo female, so it would be neat to see them next to a Chinese...

 

[Grebeniuk Sergei]

Here`s another one. Doesn`t lay oothes, though.



More views:

http://picasaweb.google.com/115327137024649316191/Mantis#

 

[The Gex Files]

They all look great! How big are the L6 Idolo in cm?

 

[guapoalto049]

Did it lay an ooth on your matress?

haha yes right on the mattress!

@The Gex Files: The L6 are currently 5.5 cm. If I'm not mistaken (not an entomologist so correct if need be) applying Dyar's Rule will give me 10.75 cm adult female Idolos. Let's see if it actually applies!

 

[The Gex Files]

@The Gex Files: The L6 are currently 5.5 cm. If I'm not mistaken (not an entomologist so correct if need be) applying Dyar's Rule will give me 10.75 cm adult female Idolos. Let's see if it actually applies!

Thanks! We will be getting L3 and L4 today or tomorrow.

 

[Precarious]

Nice pics! We need some Idolos with wings!