Pseudempusa pinnapavonis

[Rob Byatt]

I was lucky enough to catch an ootheca hatching of this species just a few mintutes ago. Oh the joys of digital :wink:

They are so beautiful at this stage, well, at all stages actually

I couldn't decide on only a few photos, so I posted them all :wink:

 

[OGIGA]

Nice pictures. You have some nice lens. :wink:

 

[hibiscusmile]

This is the best time, I love seeing them hatch for some reason, the way they squiggle out and rest on each other, then slowly a leg an arm another leg another arm come unglued, then they crawl over the next guy drying and off they go! I could sit and watch them all night... :lol:

 

[chris_photo]

Wow!

When do oothecas usually hatch? Morning....night?

 

[robo mantis]

They hatch at all different times

 

[Way.Of.The.Mantis]

wow great pictures, have you counted them yet?

 

[Ben.M]

Brill pics Hope they all do well :wink:

 

[Rick]

Great pics. Love thier striped legs.

 

[OGIGA]

Hmm, they make me think of shrimp.

 

[Rob Byatt]

Just for you Randyardvark, seen as though no-one else likes these.....

I could almost excuse someone for mistaking these for different species

 

[buddhistsoldier88]

Just for you Randyardvark, seen as though no-one else likes these.....

I could almost excuse someone for mistaking these for different species

WOW those are beautiful! :shock: are those p. pinnapovis as well?

 

[Kruszakus]

Wow! What a gorgeous mantis!

I wonder if they are really that huge as people say...

 

[sean]

I love this species. i currently have an adult pair. the female just molted into adulthood yesterday. i will be attempting to breed them in the next few weeks. any tips rob? and yes the females are quite large.

 

[bellerophon]

what a gorgeous mantis. put me down for some if you sell them

 

[Morpheus uk]

Gee wiz these sure are great mantids, i can not see why everyone gets these right now!, and no Rob byatt does not have a gun to my back jabbing it in slightly harder

lol nah really these mantids are great!

Got 2 females off Rob at luch today and theyarea amazing! i`ll try and get pics soon, one of my males is adult but no pics as of yet, heres some old ones of him before he moulted

Deffinatly one of my favs, have such funny behaviour aswell :lmao:

 

[Morpheus uk]

Thx for all the replies <_<

Heres some more took about alf an hour ago

The dark morph sub adult female

Pale morph adult female

And the now adult male from the first photos

 

[andy hood]

beautifull mantid's and great photo's rob

 

[Morpheus uk]

*caughs*and morph*

Got the one to eat finally

 

[macro junkie]

im about to breed these..got a pair sent to me by graham..omg..the nmpths..im so happy im breeding these now..after seeing them numths how wonderful they look..shrimps..lol