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[mantispark]

hi everyone, this is a great site we are so glad we found it. My name is Brande and Kevin my husband have been reading as much as we can. We are from Grand Rapids, MI. we found our first ooth this year, brought it home and had pretty good luck and a ton of fun with our carolina's, then of course the bug caught us so we purchased some chinese mantid ooths and found out that we are totally hooked on mantis'. thank goodness for the site we've got some great ideas and what not to do's from here, plus everyone seems so helpfull. the only thing we are struggling with is with the scientific names and what the mantis are. ( basically what to put on the wish list for later.) anyways i'm sure you all be hearing from us again soon. thanks

 

[PhilinYuma]

Welcome from Yuma AZ!

One good place to find the names of all the mantids occuring in the U.S. as well as a lot of exotic ones, is in Praying Mantids, Keeping Aliens. by Orin, one of our administrators. You can get it from www.bugsincyberspace.com run by Peter, the owner of this forum. I just checked on the site, and it is a bit sleepy, probably because he is off Galivanting somewhere, but the contact information tab works, so if necessary, drop him a line. I don't have a copy, myself. I have had two and given them both away!

Oh, and when writing the scientific names of mantids, or any other critter, write the first (genus) name with a capital leter, and the second (species name) with a lower case letter, like this: Tachodula panthera (not to be confused wth Panthera pardus, which is bigger).

 

[revmdn]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Katnapper]

Hi there, Brande and Kevin, and welcome to the forum... very nice to have you both here! I think it's great you and hubby both share an interest! And by reading and researching you are doing your homework, which will be very advantageous when you start branching out with keeping other species. The very best to you both, and I look forward to seeing you guys around the forum!

 

[ismart]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[superfreak]

Welcome from Oz

 

[Rick]

Welcome

 

[agent A]

welcome from CONNECTICUT!!!

 

[mantispark]

Welcome from Yuma AZ!One good place to find the names of all the mantids occuring in the U.S. as well as a lot of exotic ones, is in Praying Mantids, Keeping Aliens. by Orin, one of our administrators. You can get it from www.bugsincyberspace.com run by Peter, the owner of this forum. I just checked on the site, and it is a bit sleepy, probably because he is off Galivanting somewhere, but the contact information tab works, so if necessary, drop him a line. I don't have a copy, myself. I have had two and given them both away!

Oh, and when writing the scientific names of mantids, or any other critter, write the first (genus) name with a capital leter, and the second (species name) with a lower case letter, like this: Tachodula panthera (not to be confused wth Panthera pardus, which is bigger).

no luck with his site, it must not be working. it gives me an error when i try to contact him through his tab. any other ideas on how to get ahold of him or just wait for a

just keep trying? thanks

 

[Katnapper]

no luck with his site, it must not be working. it gives me an error when i try to contact him through his tab. any other ideas on how to get ahold of him or just wait for ajust keep trying? thanks

He's out of town right now and has probably disabled it to avoid piling up emails, orders, etc. If you try again next week, you likely shouldn't have any trouble.

Here are some of the more commonly kept mantids in the hobby... their scientific names along with their common names. Hopefully this will help as a start to the name tackling issue, hehe. I wouldn't try to learn them all at once... maybe just pick a couple, research a bit about them one at a time.... and go like that from there.

This list is by no means exhaustive... there are many more (several off the top of my head) that are commonly in culture, but not represented below. This list just happens to be of species I have either kept and/or researched and thought about keeping. But it can give you a start.

Acromantis formosana - (Taiwan Flower Mantis)

Blepharopsis mendica - (Thistle Mantis/Small Devils Flower Mantis/Egyptian Flower Mantid/Arab Mantis

Brunneria borealis - (Brunner's Mantis)

Cilnia humeralis (Wide-arm Mantis)

Creobroter elongata - (Thai Flower Mantis)

Creobroter gemmatus (Jeweled Flower Mantis)

Creobroter pictipennis - (Indian Flower Mantis)

Deroplatys lobata (Dead Leaf Mantis)

Ephestiasula pictipes (Purple Boxer Mantis)

Gonatista grisea (Grizzled Mantis or Lichen Mimic)

Hierodula membranacea - (Giant Asian Mantis)

Hestiasula brunneriana - (India Unicorn Boxer Mantis)

Hymenopus coronatus - (Malaysian Orchid Mantis)

Idolomantis diabolica (Devils flower mantis)

Mantis religiosa - (European Mantid)

Miomantis paykullii - (Egyptian Mantis)

Parasphendale agrionina - (Budwing)

Parasphendale affinis - (Budwing)

Phyllocrania paradoxa - (Ghost mantis)

Phyllovates chlorophaea - (Texas Unicorn Mantis)

Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii - (Spiny Flower Mantis)

Pseudoharpax virescens - (Gambian Spotted Eye Flower Mantis)

Rhombodera basalis - (Giant Malaysian Shield Mantis)

Sibylla pretiosa (Cryptic Mantis)

Stagmomantis carolina - (Carolina mantis)

Stagmomantis limbata - (Bordered Mantis)

Statilia parva - (no common name yet)

Thesprotia graminis (American Grass Mantis)

Tenodera sinensis - (Chinese Mantis)

Tenodera angustipennis - (Narrow Winged mantis)

 

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Welcome to the forum.

 

[bassist]

Scientific names > all :<

Welcome from California.

 

[charleyandbecky]

Don't you just love your Carolinas? They were my first mantis and the ones closest to my heart...such feisty little fellows.

Welcome!

Rebecca from Georgia

 

[mantispark]

Don't you just love your Carolinas? They were my first mantis and the ones closest to my heart...such feisty little fellows.Welcome!

Rebecca from Georgia

we definitly love our carolinas, most are now 6th instar and are quite nice and most seem to be pretty mellow, now we have chinese nymphs and the are alot more jumpy then i remember the carolinas being when they were this little. don't know if there is any truth to that or not.

 

[inferno]

There so addicting!!!! along with reptiles

 

[d17oug18]

Welcome to the mantis world, from southern cali! im douglas