Schizocephala bicornis

[yen_saw]

Some members here have requested for some update on this species so here it is. I received only a pair from German back in September which appear to have 3 molts to go. THe subadult female recently molted into adult after close to 3 months (took as long for her last 3 molts) and is about 12 cm. Male is close to molt soon with bulging budwing so i didn't bring him out of the net cage, he is considerably smaller than female.

Subadult male

Adult female

FInger cross I hope to get a healthy adult pair and breed for another generation.

 

[shorty]

Beautiful species. Please let me know if you successfully mate these two and decide to sell any offspring. I would be very interested in purchasing a few nymphs.

 

[Pelle]

Nice photo's

Good luck breeding these!

 

[hibiscusmile]

Must get bigger container!

 

[Kruszakus]

Jesus! This is a huge mantis!

 

[yen_saw]

Beautiful species. Please let me know if you successfully mate these two and decide to sell any offspring. I would be very interested in purchasing a few nymphs.

Thanks. I am looking forward to get them to breed too.

Nice photo's Good luck breeding these!

Thanks Pim.

Must get bigger container!

I am keeping them in each individual foot cube net cage. I was worried the female's head might reach the bottom of the cage during molting but i completely missed the molting and she appear to be alright. phew....

Jesus! This is a huge mantis!

Yeah it is pretty long, slightly longer than Brunneria borealis . The small wings on adult female appear to be simiilar to that of Brunneria borealis. I was told this species can grow to 16 cm but again this is what seller would say.

 

[Kruszakus]

Just as with the 20 cm piece

 

[Frack]

Cool mantis! Good luck with breeding them!

 

[Giosan]

I'm so in love with them!!!

Do they need the same warmth as B. borealis ?

 

[Morpheus uk]

They are from India i believe so im guessing they would need additional heat?

Great lookig species btw :lol:

 

[harryallard]

topped my list as the worlds weirdest mantis :lol:

 

[Katnapper]

Large as they are, they still look incredibly cute. :wub: And everytime I see a pic of one since you posted that other series of pics a while back, the image of them doing "tai chi" enters my mind and I crack up! h34r: :lol: Thanks for the update, Yen, and best of luck getting them to breed!

 

[yen_saw]

Thanks all. The subadult male molted into adult alright couple of weeks ago. FEmale has been adult for more than 3 weeks, so i let them together in the same cage yesterday with extra heat and they mated. since this is my only pair i don't wanna disturb them so i took this pic from far.

Now i have a new year resolution

 

[Peter Clausen]

Like a cross between my two favorite bugs...phasmids and mantids. What's not to like?

Good luck, Yen!

Any idea how many nymphs come out of the ootheca, on average? Sometimes this factor is the "make it or break it" one for me.

 

[MANTIS DUDE]

It is absolutly [SIZE=18pt]incredible[/SIZE] how well camoflaged mantids can get. In a medow, this bug would be impossible to find by any human in the entire world.(pretty much unless you had tools) I have never seen Schizocephala bicornis before. they are really long, and they have such tiny little heads! :lol: were are they origonaly desended?

 

[Rick]

It is absolutly [SIZE=18pt]incredible[/SIZE] how well camoflaged mantids can get. In a medow, this bug would be impossible to find by any human in the entire world.(pretty much unless you had tools) I have never seen Schizocephala bicornis before. they are really long, and they have such tiny little heads! :lol: were are they origonaly desended?

Kinda like brunners mantis. I have a hard time finding them when other mantids are easy to find. I have to trample the weeds down and look for them moving.

 

[Kruszakus]

More pics!

 

[yen_saw]

Like a cross between my two favorite bugs...phasmids and mantids. What's not to like?Good luck, Yen!

Any idea how many nymphs come out of the ootheca, on average? Sometimes this factor is the "make it or break it" one for me.

Thanks Peter. To be honest, i have no idea at even how the ootheca of this species looks like until the female deposited an ootheca this morning.

Based on the shape and size (about 1 inch), maybe about 50-70 eggs? I look up the internet and there is nothing about this species. I have no idea on incubation period either. THe seller provide no information to me either so i am pretty much in the dark right now. The only useful info is that it is from Goa India (the weather pattern helps) i just hope the ooth will hatch fine. I will share the news if that happen.

were are they origonaly desended?

I assumed you want to know where are they from? It is a species from Goa, India.

Kinda like brunners mantis. I have a hard time finding them when other mantids are easy to find. I have to trample the weeds down and look for them moving.

Tha's right i assume you can find this species the same way in the wild, look for anything that move "unnaturally".

More pics!

ok.. give me some times.

 

[spawn]

I had some bad luck with this species when I ordered a pair from Lars. One molted during shipping and was bent in half and died soon after, and I was ill-prepared with anything to feed their small hands.

What are you feeding the adults, Yen?