My mantid collection

[Malakyoma]

male odontos live a surprisingly long time

i had a male live 2.5 months as adult

females live 5-6

There's many different odonto species. And i wrote cause unknown. I just found him yesterday. Maybe there was a problem last molt I was unable to see.

 

[mantid_mike]

wow..Phosphor's color is awesome. Looks like flesh.

 

[Malakyoma]

4/4/2013 - 2 molts and an ooth laid

Taumantis sp. - Chun li (F) molts to subadult

Pnigomantis medioconstricta - Margaret Brown (F) molts to adult

Mesopteryx alata - Francis' second ooth

 

[Digger]

25/3/2013 - 3 molts

Taumantis sp. - Claire (F) molts to adult

Pnigomantis medioconstricta - Bear Gryls (M?) molts to subadult

Hierodula membranacea - Lipid (F) molts to adult

Miscellanious

Death - Mesopteryx alata adult female Tattle - Cause: unknown. Grew weak suddenly, was hanging by one leg when checked on and died shortly after.

Death - Mesopteryx alata adult male Archy - Cause: Age and weakness

Housing swap - Large terrarium not required since only one male mesopteryx remains. Put benedict in a smaller enclosure, and moved Pnigomantis medioconstricta subadult female Margaret Brown to large terrarium

Housing swap - Hierodula membranacea adult female Lipid moved to cabinet setup previously occupied by Tattle, Pnigomantis medioconstricta subadult male Bear Gryls moved to DIY enclosure previously occupied by Lipid.

Mike - What species is the aqua-green adult looking down in the last two pictures @ the bottom?

 

[Malakyoma]

Mike - What species is the aqua-green adult looking down in the last two pictures @ the bottom?

Hierodula membranacea adult female.

 

[Malakyoma]

Seems I called 4/4/13 too soon. - One molt

Pnigomantis medioconstricta - Les Stroud (F) molts to adult.

 

[agent A]

i love the pnigos! i have a presub (L7) male pnigomantis and he's absolutely wonderful!!!

 

[Malakyoma]

6/4/2013 - one molt

Taumantis (unknown species, less than half the size of sigianna) - Mai (F) molts to adult

6/8/2013 - one molt

Humbertiella sp. "ceylonica" - nymph molts to L4, earns the name Brach

Miscellaneous

Margaret Brown - Pnigomantis medioconstricta (F) - First meal of adult, absolutely destroys a Superworm.

 

[sally]

I love the color of the Taumantis. I am amazed at the time you must put into the care of your mantids. I only have 11 and it takes me hours a day! Of course I enjoy every minute of it.....

 

[agent A]

i think the tau may be a mio

 

[Malakyoma]

i think the tau may be a mio

I were told they were Taus. And they have the exact same body shape as sigianna only tiny. I think they're just a different species of tau. Besides Mios have longer wings than my taus do.

 

[Reptiliatus]

I were told they were Taus. And they have the exact same body shape as sigianna only tiny. I think they're just a different species of tau. Besides Mios have longer wings than my taus do.

Miomantis also don't have the blue dots in the forearm. I have bred a few species of Miomantis back in Israel and considering both our Taumantis come from the same source, they are definitely not Miomantis.

 

[Malakyoma]

Miomantis also don't have the blue dots in the forearm. I have bred a few species of Miomantis back in Israel and considering both our Taumantis come from the same source, they are definitely not Miomantis.

They're also not sigianna though. I was talking with Mime about them, and his sigianna grew 7cm while mine are only 3cm. Any idea what tau species it is?

 

[Reptiliatus]

They're also not sigianna though. I was talking with Mime about them, and his sigianna grew 7cm while mine are only 3cm. Any idea what tau species it is?

To be honest I think they are Taumantis sigiana. I saw the ooth they hatched from myself and it was massive and green. Doesn't mean anything, perhaps all Taumantis produce green oothecae but it makes me lean towards sp. sigiana. I'm not too sure where you heard 7cm, that's very large. The average size for Taumantis sigiana is 5cm for females and 3-4cm for males.

 

[Malakyoma]

To be honest I think they are Taumantis sigiana. I saw the ooth they hatched from myself and it was massive and green. Doesn't mean anything, perhaps all Taumantis produce green oothecae but it makes me lean towards sp. sigiana. I'm not too sure where you heard 7cm, that's very large. The average size for Taumantis sigiana is 5cm for females and 3-4cm for males.

I was talking to mime about them. he said 3.5". He posted pictures of her eating frogs and such too. His was easily twice the size of mine. I don't think ours are sigianna. None of my females are close to 5cm, more like 3, and the male is puny.

 

[Reptiliatus]

I was talking to mime about them. he said 3.5". He posted pictures of her eating frogs and such too. His was easily twice the size of mine. I don't think ours are sigianna. None of my females are close to 5cm, more like 3, and the male is puny.

Wow frogs?! What kind of frogs lol? Taumantis are generally a small genus of old world mantis comparable to South American Oxyopsis or Old world Miomantis, nothing like a Hierodula sp. The way you are describing them makes them sound like they are supposed to be the size of a large Hierodula! 3.5 inches?! I'm not going to question everyone here but are you sure his were Taumantis sigiana?

Could you link the photos of them eating frogs please?

Thanks

 

[Malakyoma]

Wow frogs?! What kind of frogs lol? Taumantis are a small species of mantis comparable to Oxyopsis or Miomantis, nothing like a Hierodula. The way you are describing them makes them sound like they are supposed to be the size of a Mantis religiosa or a small hierodula. I'm not going to question everyone here but are you sure his were Taumantis?

Could you link the photos of them eating frogs please?

Thanks

I'm going to make them links so as to not clog up the thread.

His female with a newborn: http://i.imgur.com/oiO8t.jpg

The first ooth from her: http://i.imgur.com/NsQTN.jpg

You can see the spots on her arms in this one: http://i.imgur.com/Die6P.jpg

Eating the grey tree frog: http://i.imgur.com/EprzT.jpg

 

[Reptiliatus]

I'm going to make them links so as to not clog up the thread.

His female with a newborn: http://i.imgur.com/oiO8t.jpg

The first ooth from her: http://i.imgur.com/NsQTN.jpg

You can see the spots on her arms in this one: http://i.imgur.com/Die6P.jpg

Eating the grey tree frog: http://i.imgur.com/EprzT.jpg

Hmmm. One thing to also consider is sometimes there can just be a size difference between specimens. I for example own a few very large Hierodula majuscula and also a few of their siblings that are significantly smaller. There are so many factors that can attribute to such size differences, food, housing, etc.That being said, that is a very bulky animal...

 

[Malakyoma]

Hmmm. One thing to also consider is sometimes there can just be a size difference between specimens. I for example own a few very large Hierodula majuscula and also a few of their siblings that are significantly smaller. There are so many factors that can attribute to such size differences, food, housing, etc.That being said, that is a very bulky animal...

I know. I just think there's enough of a difference in size that it couldnt be just a small tau for me and a big one for him. I think they are different species.

 

[leviatan]

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