question for Rick

[massaman]

just curious Rick on how you managed to get a chinese to mate with a european when the european is like three times smaller then the chinese and did not think it was possible to mate being how small the female is compared to the large chinese!

 

[Rick]

Where did I say I did that?? I mentioned I had a male giant asian connect with a chinese and that when I was young I used to see carolina males riding around on the backs of female chinese.

 

[massaman]

hmm somewhere on here I did see a picture showing a chinese on a european i can try to find link!

 

[massaman]

oh something like this

chinese mating with a asian

 

[Rick]

hmm somewhere on here I did see a picture showing a chinese on a european i can try to find link!

It was giant asian and chinese:

 

[ismart]

oh something like this

chinese mating with a asian

This pic looks like two europeans getting down to me.

 

[hibiscusmile]

http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?sh...=7094&st=80

here is chinese on religiosa

 

[massaman]

wow my european female is like way smaller then that female and wonder if the location of where its found has to do with the size!

 

[Ntsees]

just curious Rick on how you managed to get a chinese to mate with a european when the european is like three times smaller then the chinese and did not think it was possible to mate being how small the female is compared to the large chinese!

??? A European is like 3x smaller than a Chinese? How large do the Chinese get anyways since I've only had one experience with a female Chinese and she was like 3.5 inches. The female European that I have right now (as well as males in the past) is about 3.5 inches.

 

[Rick]

??? A European is like 3x smaller than a Chinese? How large do the Chinese get anyways since I've only had one experience with a female Chinese and she was like 3.5 inches. The female European that I have right now (as well as males in the past) is about 3.5 inches.

They are much smaller. I seriously doubt you have an adult female european longer than 3.5 inches. Some confused people in this thread.

Female chinese. Biggest I have ever personally seen:

 

[Rick]

oh something like this

chinese mating with a asian

That is two europeans. Not sure what the point of that pic is.

 

[massaman]

well when i seen this image it was said its a asian and a chinese mating so the poster does not know his mantis perhaps?

 

[ismart]

well when i seen this image it was said its a asian and a chinese mating so the poster does not know his mantis perhaps?

Deffinetly not! :lol:

 

[planetq]

Haha yeah, plus what would be the point of that? They can't reproduce anyways.

I don't think Europeans are 3times smaller than Chinese either. Chinese are a little over 4 inches at their largest and Europeans are 3 inches or a little more.

Minkyu

 

[Ntsees]

...I don't think Europeans are 3times smaller than Chinese either. Chinese are a little over 4 inches at their largest and Europeans are 3 inches or a little more. Minkyu

+1

Yeah, I know! I just can't wait to go home and take a picture of mines with a ruler (I'll post it up later).

 

[hibiscusmile]

Yea, the pic is halfway down the page, and the chinese really was not that much bigger then the religiosa.

 

[vera_renczi]

now I'm setting goals to eventually have a super giant mantis, thanks rick.

 

[Ntsees]

...I seriously doubt you have an adult female european longer than 3.5 inches....

Well Rick, it looks like you were right about the 3.5 inches. I guess that's what happens when I estimate my mantid's length without ever measuring it lol.

 

[Rick]

Well Rick, it looks like you were right about the 3.5 inches. I guess that's what happens when I estimate my mantid's length without ever measuring it lol.