My mantis Eugine (S. carolina)

[Teaspoons]

This is my mantis Eugine, I'm fairly sure, and have been told, he is Stagmomantis Carolina-

but if I'm wrong I'd be happy to be corrected. Anyway just some random pics hope

you guys don't mind.

I haven't been able to get him to do a threat display, so to get pics of his wings I had to get him

to fly up to my hands. Any advice on how to get a mantis to do a threat display lol?

and here is two pics edited together of him leaping

and here is him doing some mantis kung fu on my hand lol

 

[sbugir]

Love the double pic leap thingy, very sick. Easy way to get a mantid to do a threat display, for me anyway, simply grab the thorax a bit, they git pretty mad. Then annoy it a bit my males seem to get more annoyed then my females.

 

[DeadInTheBasement]

i love the edited one...it makes me think of a demon being pulled out of a body :lol:

 

[Rick]

Nice pics. Yes it does appear to be a s. carolina. It is a male too in case you weren't sure.

 

[hibiscusmile]

We love pics, never apologies for posting them!

 

[PhilinYuma]

Very nice. That last pic is a threat display!

 

[Katnapper]

Love these pics!

 

[wero626]

Awsome pics love the last one with the wings all spread looks very cool..!!!

 

[Teaspoons]

Thank you all for the kind words, and the advice on angering my mantis!

 

[kamakiri]

I love the jumping sequence! [borat] Vary niiice! [/borat]

 

[charleyandbecky]

Very lovely male s. carolina! It looks like you already got him to do a defense pose.

I really like the edited leaping picture...nice!

My favorite picture, though, is the third one. He just looks so snooty, like he's all that and a bag of crickets.

Rebecca

 

[Anleoflippy]

Impressive pictures . Really loved the edited picture. The last pic is the threat display.

To make them go in Threat mode, touch the head or the thorax, the will be annoyed by moving away. If you annoy it enough, it will attach your hands