My Rhombodera basalis

[crabbypatty]

 

[crabbypatty]

The top pic is Jareth the Mantid King after mating, the second pic is him and Bridget the basalis mating, third pic is him giving me the side eye. Bottom two pics are of Blue Steel, my second male, as a nymph, he molted to adult recently. I love these guys  :kiss:

 

[Weezie]

Such beautiful colors! I'm so used to my dead leaf mantis, it's refreshing to see all of these soft pastels. Cute faces too.

 

[Zeppy44]

Sure gotta love the colors and shades on mantis. These are great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

 

[crabbypatty]

@Weezie @Zeppy44 thanks! I love taking pictures of them ?❤

 

[spotsy99]

They are beautiful! Great pics!

Denise 

 

[izbiggs]

Ohhh beautiful mantids!! I love my R. Basilis as you can tell by my profile pic. Congrats on the successful molt  your mantises are gorgeous!! @crabbypatty

 

[crabbypatty]

@spotsy99 thanks! @izbiggs lol I know, I can tell you're a rhombo fan. This is a species I want to keep at all times, their colors are beautiful. They're great to handle too. 

 

[spotsy99]

Are they difficult to care for? 

Denise 

 

[crabbypatty]

@spotsy99 I haven't had any troubles with them. This is my first time raising this species and I kept them at the same temp as all my others, which is room temp, sometimes cooler, sometimes hotter depending on weather. I mist once a day and I like to keep them well fed. I really like them, they're big and colorful. I highly recommend them 

 

[spotsy99]

Sounds like they have awesome personalities.  Who usually has these for sale? 

 

[Nunsoup]

Those pictures are amazing! What sort of camera setup do you use?

 

[bobericc]

Nice pics! rhombos have been some of my favorites for a while, great job on breeding them

 

[Zuzu]

Stunning! I love the contrast of the yellow arms.

 

[crabbypatty]

@spotsy99 you just have to keep an eye out, I haven't seen any lately. Hopefully I will soon, haha. 

@Nunsoup Thanks! I just use a simple macro lens attachment for my phone and natural sunlight, it makes for great photos. 

@bobericc Thanks! I love them too, hopefully it'll be baby pics soon

@Zuzu I know they're adorable, I'll have to post more pics of them

 

[Teamonger]

That first picture just cracks me up, so adorable and goofy. 

I will definitely have to look into this species they are gorgeous.

 

[spotsy99]

Jareth looks happy since he did the deed and lived to pose in pictures.   :wub:

 

[crabbypatty]

@Teamonger haha, I know. Both my males are a dream to handle, and they stay still for pictures, lol. 

@spotsy99 Haha, you should've seen him right after, poor thing was so scared. After returning to normal he had a long drink, hahaha. He was like "wow, I didn't die."

 

[Zuzu]

I actually got a macro lens attachment for my phone the other day because you mentioned having one. I didn't even think about that or realize it was a thing. I haven't tested it out yet but hopefully it's as good as yours!