Singapore Mantis Reports

[Mikevamp]

Awesome. Loads of small patches of heavily forested areas along the rivers in Sengkang. Bugs everywhere. If you use a light trap at these areas at night, you might just catch a male adult or two.

wow pro~ wats a light trap? when will u bring me to hunt them?? im eager to go~~

 

[sufistic]

wow pro~ wats a light trap? when will u bring me to hunt them?? im eager to go~~

I don't use a light trap myself but if you're interested in making one, search for Yen's light trap which is awesome.

I don't think I'll be hunting this week as I'll be in Cameron Highlands over the weekend.

 

[khabirun]

Waddup, sorry for going AWOL for 2 years, i had to serve the country, National Service FTL! <_<

Oh and I'm Sufistic's younger brother.

These are the pictures of the probable Hapalopeza sp. (can i get a confirmation on this, pls thanks.)

Oh and sorry for the noobish pictures, not very good at this hehe.

Female

Male

Mating, the male didn't waste anytime, he was all over her when he got in her enclosure

Ooth

 

[mantidian]

Nice species, dunnoe wat it is though...

it would be nice to get these into culture!

 

[massaman]

yeah I am sure there is alot of people that would love to have them in their breeding regiment or culture them and I know I would but I am in the U.S!

 

[massaman]

looks kind of like a acromantis species by the head!

 

[sufistic]

It does seem like an Acromantis sp although we're not really sure what it is. Perhaps Christian could help?

 

[yen_saw]

Looks like Amantis sp....

 

[yen_saw]

How big is the mantis? i guess it is very small, probably not even an inch. Good spot Bro!!

 

[sufistic]

How big is the mantis? i guess it is very small, probably not even an inch. Good spot Bro!!

You know what Bro, I think you might be right. It does look more like an Amantis sp than an Acromantis sp. Yeah, they're very small, the female's only 2 cm. They're extremely fast, good fliers and males are easily attracted to light.

 

[khabirun]

Not to mention very aggressive towards each other, the male was literally slapping the female around before he did his thing lol.

 

[yen_saw]

You know what Bro, I think you might be right. It does look more like an Amantis sp than an Acromantis sp. Yeah, they're very small, the female's only 2 cm. They're extremely fast, good fliers and males are easily attracted to light.

Acromantis sp. has lobes on legs but don't see them on your pics so it is not Acromantis. It might be Gonypeta sp but likely to be Amantis instead. There are at least two species in your region, Amantis irina and Amantis reticulata.

 

[sufistic]

Acromantis sp. has lobes on legs but don't see them on your pics so it is not Acromantis. It might be Gonypeta sp but likely to be Amantis instead. There are at least two species in your region, Amantis irina and Amantis reticulata.

That's valuable info Yen! Thanks for assisting in the ID! I found a photo of the Amantis sp in a Chinese forum and it's identical to what we have. Too bad I don't know Chinese!

 

[yen_saw]

That's valuable info Yen! Thanks for assisting in the ID! I found a photo of the Amantis sp in a Chinese forum and it's identical to what we have. Too bad I don't know Chinese!

Hey don't take it 100% man i am not ID expert, just to share my thought Bro. If you plan to culture this species, keep a culture of spring tail as well. if this indeed is Amantis sp. hatchling is really small and might not be strong enough to handle fruit flies.

Amantis nawai has been bred in Taiwan.

 

[sufistic]

Hey don't take it 100% man i am not ID expert, just to share my thought Bro. If you plan to culture this species, keep a culture of spring tail as well. if this indeed is Amantis sp. hatchling is really small and might not be strong enough to handle fruit flies.Amantis nawai has been bred in Taiwan.

I just found another photo of an Amantis sp. from another Chinese forum and the head is very similar, so I'm leaning towards Amantis sp. The ooth is very, very small so you're right about the spring tails. We didn't plan to actually culture this species, it was just our luck to have found a male and a female. We let them do their thing and next thing you know an ooth came out. The size of the ooth is like 0.5-1 cm.

 

[C.way]

the ooth looks very familiar, I think I've collected one about 2 weeks ago in my father nursery, yet forgot where I left it...

 

[Mikevamp]

UpdateWasn't really a bug hunt, but we found:

Species: Odontomantis planiceps

Quantity: 3

Location: Sengkang

Date: 21 November 2009

Alamak~ Why never jio me... I left my msn to your mailbox, did u get it?

Next round must jio me ok? Hard to find mantids lover in Singapore...

 

[sufistic]

Alamak~ Why never jio me... I left my msn to your mailbox, did u get it?Next round must jio me ok? Hard to find mantids lover in Singapore...

LOL sorry bro we weren't actually looking for mantids but we found those anyway. They're like everywhere.

 

[mantidian]

Waddup, sorry for going AWOL for 2 years, i had to serve the country, National Service FTL! <_< Oh and I'm Sufistic's younger brother.

These are the pictures of the probable Hapalopeza sp. (can i get a confirmation on this, pls thanks.)

Oh and sorry for the noobish pictures, not very good at this hehe.

Female

Male

Mating, the male didn't waste anytime, he was all over her when he got in her enclosure

Ooth

Hey went to MacRitchie today and found a female of this species. Wow are they aggresive; she took down a flying termite twice her size! Not sure if she's fertile...Sufistic can I borrow your male?

 

[gadunka888]

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