Photo's..

[Pelle]

Unfortunately my Schizocephala bicornis male got eaten by the female:/

Tropidomantis gressitti

 

[Pelle]

Metallyticus splendidus

 

[Pelle]

Not the best Photoshop skills

 

[idolomantis]

OMG Metallyticus splendidus

 

[revmdn]

OMG Metallyticus splendidus

I know, I so want some. Cool photos.

 

[MantidLord]

Awesome species! Do you have any information on Metallyticus such as behavior, feeding, etc?

It definitely looks like some type of roach.

 

[Katnapper]

Enjoyed the pics, Pims! Of course the M. splendidus is fantastic, but you have a very nice selection of species. I also enjoyed your photoshopped trio pic!

 

[Rick]

That third pic is great. Metallyticus is awesome.

 

[kamakiri]

Too cool. Please keep this thread updated!

 

[ismart]

Very nice! your pic's and species are awsome! Yes, please keep us updated!

 

[ABbuggin]

As always, awesome photos. Sorry to hear you lost your male bicornins. I did also. (but I do have one coming) I hope you have plenty of the little gems you have there, absolutely gorgeous.

 

[Pelle]

Thanks!

Awesome species! Do you have any information on Metallyticus such as behavior, feeding, etc?It definitely looks like some type of roach.

They are very fast, which makes photographing risky I feed them firebrats, and keep them on bark.. And till now all of them have shed on a vertical surface

I only have 7 left though, so hopefully I have a couple..

 

[leviatan]

Metallicus is awesome!

 

[keri]

I love them all! Thanks for sharing

 

[MantidLord]

Thanks!They are very fast, which makes photographing risky I feed them firebrats, and keep them on bark.. And till now all of them have shed on a vertical surface

I only have 7 left though, so hopefully I have a couple..

Wow. I'd be afraid to take them out. Thanks for the information, I'm just curious to see how they behave compared to other "common/modern" mantids. So how far away are they from adults? And best of luck getting a couple.

 

[Pelle]

I think the oldest about 2 sheds, but I'm not sure..

Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii

A twig

 

[revmdn]

Nice.

 

[Katnapper]

I enjoyed, Pims!

 

[ZoeRipper]

Man I love those S bicornis!

They are so cool!

Lovely pics.