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#1 Offline Zeiss - Posted April 13 2014 - 11:01 PM

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I have not had any luck with finding queens so far; so I thought why not post about my newest Mantid.  It is a Popa Spurca (otherwise known as a Twig Mantis) that I got at my local reptile store.  

 

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(I don't know how big or how small the pictures need to be so please do inform me...)

 

The camera I used is a Nikon D5100.


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#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted April 14 2014 - 2:43 AM

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That thing's awesome. It doesn't matter how big your pictures are, the forum will automatically downsize them to 800px if they are larger than that.



#3 Offline Zeiss - Posted April 14 2014 - 7:02 PM

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That thing's awesome. It doesn't matter how big your pictures are, the forum will automatically downsize them to 800px if they are larger than that.

Okay, thanks for the information!  :D



#4 Offline Crystals - Posted April 15 2014 - 6:02 AM

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Nice. 

What do you feed it?

How long do they normally live?


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#5 Offline specimen24-6 - Posted April 15 2014 - 9:12 AM

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I use to have a few of those. They live over a year and they eat any live insect that is smaller than they are. What other species do you have Zeiss. :)

#6 Offline Zeiss - Posted April 15 2014 - 5:54 PM

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Nice. 

What do you feed it?

How long do they normally live?

Since it is only about on its 2nd or 3rd instar, I would feed it one medium cricket a week.  And if you feed them every other day, they live around 6 months.  What I do is feed them one big one every week and they live around a year/year and a half.  I am planning on getting some flies to feed it next time I am at a reptile/bug show.  I also give mantids some honey every now and then as a treat.

 

I use to have a few of those. They live over a year and they eat any live insect that is smaller than they are. What other species do you have Zeiss. :)

This is the first one I have had in a year...  I used to have an oxyopsis gracilis, a rhombodera valida, a few phyllocrania paradoxa, about 40 creobroter pictipennis(due to a fertile female).  Sadly they died due to a heating incident...  Any who, I am keeping my eye out for any Devil's Flower Mantids(idolomantis diabolica).  I've wanted one for some time now.



#7 Offline specimen24-6 - Posted April 15 2014 - 9:49 PM

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Very impressive, I hope you get your hands on a idolomantis diabolica or two.

#8 Offline Zeiss - Posted April 16 2014 - 5:33 PM

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Very impressive, I hope you get your hands on a idolomantis diabolica or two.

Yeah I do too.  The only downside to owning one is that from what I have heard, is that they are very hard to keep.



#9 Offline specimen24-6 - Posted April 17 2014 - 8:16 PM

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They do look very complex but as long as you maintain have good humidity, keep warm, and good ventilation then you should be fine. I also read that they only eat flying insect,and ground dwelling are bad for them. :/ Also they can have mis-molts.

#10 Offline Zeiss - Posted April 18 2014 - 8:22 PM

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They do look very complex but as long as you maintain have good humidity, keep warm, and good ventilation then you should be fine. I also read that they only eat flying insect,and ground dwelling are bad for them. :/ Also they can have mis-molts.

Every species can have mis-molts if there is not enough moisture when they start to molt.  What I do if I am not able to feed flies is just grab a cricket or dubia roach and just wave it in front of their face with my fingers.



#11 Offline LAnt - Posted April 21 2014 - 5:42 PM

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How much was he?



#12 Offline Zeiss - Posted April 21 2014 - 6:01 PM

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How much was he?

$20



#13 Offline LAnt - Posted April 23 2014 - 6:11 PM

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It would be pretty cool if you could breed them but that is probably impossible.






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