mantis religiosa
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What's your favourite, I just can't decide!I like orchid mantids, praying mantids, spiny flower mantids, african devil mantids, but I can't decide!
what's your favourite mantid???
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keelan
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orchid mantids are very nice indeed but my favourite is all of them if thats possible hehe 
Morpheus uk
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For me itd be any empusidae, and any other flower or dead leaf mantid
Ben.M
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Mine changes a lot lol but at this moment in time i would say Creobroter sp.
Mantida
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Actually, I would say T. ardifolia sinesis. A plain mantis yes, but rather aggressive and also calm and regal.
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Mantis Keeper
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Of what I've raised so far, grisea, though I have to say the pretiosa nymphs and PW I have now are starting to give it a run for it's money.
allenator
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I haven't had any Orchid Mantids so I can't say either way about those. I'm not a big fan of the more timid species like Violin's and Ghost mantids. As far as looks and aggressive behavior I am gonna have to go with P. Wahlbergii (#9's Spiny Flower Mantid) hands down as my favorite species.
OGIGA
Dead Leaf Mantis
Orchids are my favorite so far, but that's because I haven't tried the other ones yet.
I really like the Hierodula's, they are so pretty, all slightly different hues of colors and always wanting to eat, they are a little shy, but they are my fav!
Mantis_Whisper
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So far the ghost mantis and the Texas unicorn. If I can get my hands on some wandering violins I'll be the happiest girl in the world.
bubforever
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Honest to God i love orchids, their colors and camoflauge simply stun me.
Well said. They are not so "plain" though as they are common. Definately my favorite. They have distinctive individual personalities and are very interactive. A close second would be the chlorophaea. They are so sweet and so beautiful and I like that dancing. The flower mantids that I have kept are so dang small, pretty but I like a mantid that you can play with! I like Hierodula as well, Hibiscus. LOVE their colors and their big triangle faces!Actually, I would say T. ardifolia sinesis. A plain mantis yes, but rather aggressive and also calm and regal.
MantidLord
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I absolutley LOVE the ghost mantis. My uncle had some once, and i stared at them for hours, they even will live in little colonies, like they redefine the stereotype of "brutal mantids that cant get along" lol.
I just love active mantids - Odontomantis Planiceps is me favorite, but I would like to buy more small mantids - like Otomantis, Ceratomantis - boxers mostly - they can handle a large prey, and its always fun to watch them hunt - big mantids tend to grow complacent with the fact that they are bigger than anything else... and there is nothing spectacular in watching 10 cm long Tenodera handle 2 cm long cricket - but give the cricket of the same size to C. Elongata, that barely reaches 5 cm, and it will hunt it down and tear it to shreds - now that's what I like to see!
As for looks - my friend's syb-adult H. Coronatus was just shockingly cute! Maybe I'll give them a try - but they are a bit sluggish when adult.
As for looks - my friend's syb-adult H. Coronatus was just shockingly cute! Maybe I'll give them a try - but they are a bit sluggish when adult.
ThorEH
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Nice image there Thor .... good looking mantis in the image also.
back on topic ....
I am torn .. I like the images I have seen of the Violin .. just looks like the jet fighter of the mantis family.
The orchid mantis is nice looking ....
The ghost mantis has a look that could grow on me ... i may end up buying 1 of several types to see which one i like the best and concentrate on that ...
I am not sure I want to have 27 different species (or however many there are)
