Top 3 Largest Mantids?

[pmantiz]

Just asking if anyone knows, because I wanna know. :lol:

 

[Birdfly]

Do you mean in captivity at the mo?

If so then i'd say:

Solygia sulcatifrons

Plistospilota guineensis

Idolomantis diabolica Length wise, S sulcatifrons is potentially the longest but it has less mass than

Say Hierodula membranacea.

 

[Christian]

Schizocephala bicornis

 

[obregon562]

how long is that one christian? any pics?

 

[Christian]

It's about 13 cm. There are pics on TerraTypica, but the database is temporarily not available.

 

[obregon562]

It's about 13 cm. There are pics on TerraTypica, but the database is temporarily not available.

Christian,

Is the the biggest in the world or in the hobby?

 

[Christian]

These were all species from the hobby. The largest in the hobby should be Solygia sulcatifrons at moment.

The largest species worldwide are Ischnomantis gigas and about 2 Toxodera species. There were several threads on this topic.

 

[Orin]

It's about 13 cm. There are pics on TerraTypica, but the database is temporarily not available.

Isn't that the same size as Heterochaeta strachani? Nobody has H.strachani anymore?

 

[Christian]

Unfurtunately not. This species is slightly smaller than 13 cm. Any other Heterochaeta species will be sufficient anyway...

 

[joossa]

I guess we are talking about length, right? "Large" is slightly ambiguous. It could refer to length, mass, or bulkiness (a combo of the two)...

 

[spawn]

Whatever happened to the I. gigas Nick Barta was selling way back when? Did anyone get them in culture successfully?

 

[Christian]

Those were never I. gigas, but Solygia sulcatifrons. We thought first, due to their size, that that species might be I. gigas, but it turned out to be S. sulcatifrons - which isn't much smaller, by the way.