My current breeding

[Djoul]

Hi everybody,

I am breeding Idolomantis diabolica and it is time for me to begin the reproduction.

So if you have different experiences to tell me or how to proceed, please don't hesitate !

My female seems to be a little bite agressive with the male. But I am sure she is ready. Strange.

Here some pics for pleasure :

Male

Female

Djoul

 

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Hi, cool mantis and nice website. B)

 

[hibiscusmile]

Forget breeding, just take pictures, very pretty!

 

[kitkat39]

Awesome pictures! Thanks for sharing. Hopefully one of these days I'll be advanced enough to keep some of those. They've got such great coloring and body structure!

 

[neps]

Thanks for sharing the images, and best of luck with the breeding!

 

[Djoul]

Thank you for you comments

I think I wait 2 or 3 days and I will introduce the male, I hope it will works !

Clearly, I really love the colors as well !

 

[Rick]

Are those natural colors or edited? If you look at the front legs and head during a threat phase for a few seconds it looks like one giant head. Very cool.

 

[Djoul]

Thank you

This is natural color. The male has very nice color, really flashy

 

[revmdn]

Very nice.

 

[themantis]

What breed of mantis is this? Were could i buy the eggs for these ones at? I only see chinese egg cases for sale.

 

[hibiscusmile]

This is called the great IDOLMANTIS and you can't buy eggs of this species only foam on a stick!

 

[gadunka888]

if this was a pokemon, it would be deoxys!

 

[PhilinYuma]

This is called the great IDOLMANTIS and you can't buy eggs of this species only foam on a stick!

For any new member who may be confused by Hibiscusmile's post, it's true. She couldn't get a real Idolomantis ooth, so she and a few other members tried to hatch balls of Styrofoam on sticks. Did they ever hatch, Rebecca?

 

[Djoul]

Hi everybody,

I hope that all your breeding are doing well.

As far as I am concerned everything is ok.

Specially for Idolomantis I guess :



It was the second copulation, now I am waiting for the ooth

Best regards

Djoul

 

[massaman]

you have to be real lucky to find a real ooth of this species and if you have not had any experience with mantis before then dont try to raise the idolos as they are not for the inexperienced or beginners in this hobby as it would require alot of work and patience and alot of money as well so just thought I would toss my two and half cents in!

 

[Djoul]

Thank you for the advice, but I am not a beginner. (I breed mantid for 12 years).

This is my own breeding. Anyway you re right, this mantid is quite difficult to breed.

Best regards

Djoul

 

[Djoul]

Hi everyone, I hope that all your breeding are ok. I wish you lot of success !

Now, we can say that one french succeed with Idolomantis diabolica. I am very happy, I will give you some news soon.

Here some pics, cheers. Djoul









I hope that my second Ooth will hatch soon as well.

More information on Fanatic Mantis

 

[Christian]

Hm, when I see these pics I know there will be some hard years without mantids... The 6 years of Idolo breeding were really cool... I miss them already.

 

[Djoul]

Oh it is a pity, you stopped breeding mantids ? You know you were a reference in France concerning Idolomantis breeding.