whoa...feathered mantis

[mantisguy101]

Hmm..i dont know how long this has been out, but very interesting little bugger

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...%3DJQO%26sa%3DN

 

[hibiscusmile]

:blink: Any idea what kind it is?

 

[Andrew]

Yeah, that pic has been around for a while. In fact I think there was a pretty lengthy discussion about it too. If I remember correctly, it's a Paratoxodera sp.

 

[Moosashi]

says it is Paratoxodera cornicollis (Malaysian Feathered Mantis). Also says born in Bath, UK in Feb 2005. the website of who photographed it was at the bottom of the pic and it has bunches of pics of malaysian mantids, etc : http://www.angelfire.com/yt/kpyehi2/index15.html

 

[spawn]

Has not been in culture since that guy had it in Poland I believe. Difficult husbandry I believe last time I contacted him (about a year ago).

 

[Nosr]

Whoa that looks sick

I cant wait till I get good at mantids and get some cool looking ones.

 

[Christian]

This one is a nymph of Toxodera beieri. Old photo. Has never been in stock. Until now, most Toxodera specimens survived less than a week in captivity.

 

[Andrew]

This one is a nymph of Toxodera beieri. Old photo. Has never been in stock. [SIZE=12pt]Until now[/SIZE], most Toxodera specimens survived less than a week in captivity.

Ohhhhohoho...Are you keeping any?

 

[Christian]

No. That would be a nice one. Maybe I used the wrong spelling. No specimen I know of survived the first week, and I refer to all species of this group.

 

[Andrew]

Ahh, I must have read it wrong. My bad.

 

[joossa]

Is this Paratoxodera cornicollis? ...That's how it's labeled...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/3614...57594476410221/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/3614...57594476410221/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/3614...57594476410221/

Very nice Mantis.... ^_^

 

[Christian]

No. Paratoxodera have a straight pronotum with one or two lobes on it. The photos show (at current state of knowledge) Toxodera fimbriata.

 

[tier]

Hi

edit: I deleted most of this post and edited the part underneath.

Somebody told me they live only in higest parts of trees, others told me they only live in fern???

I know they were seen on Java once, but isn't Java's nature destroyed too much for any Toxos left?

regards,

tier

 

[Christian]

Ca. 90% of Java's pristine nature should be destroyed already, but some NP are left and usually the higher peaks are also still forested. That these taxa live in high trees is rather unlikely. They are understorey dwellers.

 

[Morpheus uk]

Whats the one on flickr calld?

 

[joossa]

Whats the one on flickr calld?

The photos show (at current state of knowledge) Toxodera fimbriata.

 

[mantisguy101]

its such a pity that they dont do well in captivity. such a delicate and spectacular mantis...

 

[yen_saw]

Some mantids do better when left in the natural habitat rather than in captivity. This species must be very sensative to changes from their natural habitat that they don't last very long in captivity, and deforestation isn't helping.

 

[Christian]

They may be a trick to breed these. It just hasn't been found out yet. Or, they maybe are really not made for captive breeding...