SA Acanthops

[jonpat83]

I think this is the same species

http://www.mantisphotos.com/acanthops.htm

Have a close up look at the picture of the nymphs on the ootheca, it is the strangest thing :?:

 

[Christian]

Hi.

It should be another species than A. falcata. There are about 18 rather similar looking species in this genus, in Ecuador there occurr at least 4 species, namely A. erosula, A. onorei, A. occidentalis and A. royi. They cannot be identified from a photo. The observed behaviour of freshly emerged larvae applies to all species of the genus.

Regards,

Christian

 

[Meemee]

I have no idea what species this is, I lucked out in getting the ooth when my husband (who works in the jungle in Ecuador) caught the female who laid it. Last year I hatched a couple of Chinese ooths but previous to that I had never even seen a live mantis (except on TV etc.). I consider myself totally unqualified but the opportunity presented itself so...

Mike, I wasn't really expecting the ooth to hatch, and I had read that it would take 8 to 10 weeks if it did. So I was totally caught off-guard when it hatched in just under 4, that's why I didn't have the fruit flies, they were on order at the pet store. I noticed that you're a fellow Canadian so I think you probably have some inkling of a prairie winter (aka - no fruit fly would survive shipping via the internet). I went to the uni here and basically beg, borrowed and stole any small insects I could get my hands on (I'll never be able to show my face again in the biology dept. ).

My husband and his co-workers are diligently looking for mantises and ooths for me so hopefully I'll be able to get some more. Until then I'll try and learn as much from the care of this mantis as I can.

Meemee

 

[Johnald Chaffinch]

pics of a few different acanthops species:

http://ttwebbase.dyndns.org/mantid/list.html

 

[mantisdeperu]

Hi guys. Another Acanthops specie very soon in USA.

http://mantidforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php...light=acanthops

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