Quick question

[Jose93]

What are the most aggressive species of mantis?

 

[mantid_mike]

from personal experience: rhombodera stalli, h. bipapilla, budwings, creobroter pictipennis and oxyopsis gracilis.

 

[bobericc]

Most likely rhombodera

 

[Jose93]

from personal experience: rhombodera stalli, h. bipapilla, budwings, creobroter pictipennis and oxyopsis gracilis.

really oxyopsis? My female isn't very aggressive interesting.

 

[Jose93]

Most likely rhombodera

Any specific rhombodera?

 

[bobericc]

That genus hasn't much variation in aggressiveness lol, not much behavioral differences either. Stalli basalis valida most the differences are just slight shape size and coloration

 

[Nicolas]

all hierodula species, and spho species

 

[Jose93]

That genus hasn't much variation in aggressiveness lol, not much behavioral differences either. Stalli basalis valida most the differences are just slight shape size and coloration

And are they easy to breed?

 

[Paradoxica]

And are they easy to breed?

Not THE hardest, but that aggressiveness is a factor and you really have to watch out that the male doesn't get munched on.

 

[mantid_mike]

really oxyopsis? My female isn't very aggressive interesting.

more so when they're hungry. my female tried to bite my finger once.

my bipapilla girl was the most brutal though. she showed no mercy and tried to attack me on more than one occasion.

 

[sally]

I have only been pinched and bitten 2 times. First time by my very old Rhombodera Stalli female, and today my Blepharopsis mendica female displayed and bit me lol. She calmed down when I gave her some honey

 

[Jose93]

I have only been pinched and bitten 2 times. First time by my very old Rhombodera Stalli female, and today my Blepharopsis mendica female displayed and bit me lol. She calmed down when I gave her some honey

Lol did you provoke your Blepharopsis mendica to bite you?

 

[Jose93]

What about the species Cilnia humeralis also known as wide armed mantis are they aggressive? They have huge forelegs

 

[sally]

Lol did you provoke your Blepharopsis mendica to bite you?

No, I was just taking her out to clean her habitat and she Said NO!

 

[Jose93]

No, I was just taking her out to clean her habitat and she Said NO!

I never been bitten before by a mantis did it hurt? Are Blepharopsis mendica normally aggressive?

 

[sally]

She just lunged and pinched. I was more startled then anything. Lydia, my R. Stalli held onto my finger, but didn't draw blood. I had to calmly try and get her off, yeah calmly... I wasn't calm I reacted by pulling back and she held on. She really wasn't mean, just old. Idk if Blephs are normally aggressive, my male is really laid back. I just went in to check on her and she is calling. Maybe that is why she was aggressive earlier.

 

[Jose93]

She just lunged and pinched. I was more startled then anything. Lydia, my R. Stalli held onto my finger, but didn't draw blood. I had to calmly try and get her off, yeah calmly... I wasn't calm I reacted by pulling back and she held on. She really wasn't mean, just old. Idk if Blephs are normally aggressive, my male is really laid back. I just went in to check on her and she is calling. Maybe that is why she was aggressive earlier.

How do you know when a female is calling lol? I'm still new to this hobby

 

[sally]

How do you know when a female is calling lol? I'm still new to this hobby

I asked the very same question, I am new also. I usually check at night, when I have the red nighttime light on. The females bend their abdomen downwards over and over. Once you see it you will know immediately.

 

[Jose93]

I asked the very same question, I am new also. I usually check at night, when I have the red nighttime light on. The females bend their abdomen downwards over and over. Once you see it you will know immediately.

Oh I see I've never seen my female calling before sounds interesting. So how many species of mantis do you currently have?