Purple Boxer Mantis L2 (Ephestiasula pictipes)

[Precarious]

Just got these little buggers today and snapped a few pics. I'll have to take some video of the semaphore thing they do with their giant claws.

 

[frogparty]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Why do these pics make me hungry for lobster?

 

[agent A]

When they breed I want some!! I had an ooth of these once but it never hatched

 

[Danny.]

Little bugger in the second pic is throwing a ***!

 

[guapoalto049]

Nice! The adults did a funny dance where they kind of lay on the side, very funny to watch.

@Angel: Just wait til they darken up after a few molts, then they'll look real tasty!

 

[sueb4653]

oh wow they are cool looking

 

[gripen]

Wow to cool. I hope you breed them. They are so tiny!

 

[melano]

Splendid

 

[Precarious]

Nice! The adults did a funny dance where they kind of lay on the side, very funny to watch.

I'm really looking forward to watching them grow. Never had any boxer species before. Trying them and dead leaf species.

Splendid

Do you like them?

 

[melano]

They have so beautiful eyes !!! not like you !!! (I speak about your avatar... hoping you are not like that in real !!)

 

[stacy]

They have so beautiful eyes !!! not like you !!! (I speak about your avatar... hoping you are not like that in real !!)

i agree on both accounts

 

[agent A]

I speak about your avatar... hoping you are not like that in real

I'm pretty sure he isn't an octopus lol

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Of course he not a octopus, he's a squid silly. :lol:

Go ahead you might as well tell them the story on your avatar?

 

[Precarious]

They have so beautiful eyes !!! not like you !!! (I speak about your avatar... hoping you are not like that in real !!)

That's an old photo. I grew my tentacles out since then. They are much longer now. And my eyes are now on stalks.

i agree on both accounts

 

[melano]

II love squids only in one way... cooked with garlic and spices... and of course I take off eyes before... and tenderize it by beating them on a roc

 

[patrickfraser]

I LOVESES these. Can't wait for some videos. They look awesome.

 

[Precarious]

II love squids only in one way... cooked with garlic and spices... and of course I take off eyes before... and tenderize it by beating them on a roc

I thought you were trying to give me a massage with that rock. And that you cut my eyes off so it would be a purprise. :blink:

I still can't get the smell of garlic off of me...

 

[melano]

I have to stop now or I'll be banned from this forum like a dangerous and vicious serial killer

Can you determinate sex at this stage ? I was thinking it's perhaps a male (at the first picture), no ?