rhombodera basalis

[scytheclaw]

one of my favourite mantid speices...

 

[HungryGhost]

Gorgeous! I'm keeping r. stalii right now and I have to say they are my favorite so far.

 

[Nick Barta]

Picture 2 looks like "I could take you down and eat you, but I am not THAT hungry…….

Nick Barta

 

[bobericc]

Big rhombo

 

[Sticky]

How do they compare to the other Rhombos? Bigger shield, smaller? Longer body? Calmer, more agressive?

 

[scytheclaw]

How do they compare to the other Rhombos? Bigger shield, smaller? Longer body? Calmer, more agressive?

ive found them pretty tame to be honest and the only issues i had was with the mating part that was a bit more difficult as found the females very hyper aware even if you offered them a prey item theyd be super alert about it so putting a male within their vicinity and them locking up successfully took a few attempts but never lost a male though,ive only kept stallis and basalis(and fusca) so can't comment on validas etc as have never kept them but basalis seem to have a larger crest in adults than stallis and be a lot larger but stallis seem to exhibit more colouration