My Mantis Collection

[Pseudoharpax]

Hi everyone! I hope you'll like these pics of some of my mantids:

Asian Flower Mantis (Creobroter gemmatus) sub male

https://imgur.com/a/EgXbl

Peacock Mantis (Pseudempusa pinnapavonis) adult female

https://imgur.com/a/HbY8M

Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) L6 female

https://imgur.com/a/X1nsJ

African Boxer Mantis (Otomantis scutigera) L3

https://imgur.com/a/rLuHN

 

[Ocelotbren]

Cool pictures, I like the closeup of the eyes especially.  By the way, if you want to embed the pictures directly, you can go to the little dropdown menu in the top right corner of each picture on Imgur (when viewing as the creator of the post), and go to share it using the Forum BBCode format.  If you paste that in instead of just the link, it should embed the pictures in your post.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Connor]

Thanks for sharing your beautiful mantis! Those were some great headshots! Getting excited for my otomantis ooth to hatch! Also where did you get your P. Pinna? I've been looking for those.

 

[Pseudoharpax]

@Ocelotbren thanks for the advice!

 

[Pseudoharpax]

@Connor Good luck with Otos!  Get some little food because not all the hatchlings will eat readily melanogasters! I bought pinnas from MantidenDealer.

 

[Connor]

Oh boy. They don't all take Melos.... hope I can get some springtails from outside! What did you use for food? Thanks!

 

[Pseudoharpax]

I used springtails just for the first meals, but then they already became able to grab melanogasters.

 

[Connor]

Alright. Thanks! Hopefully the recent frost on the grass hasn't killed off the springtails