Wild Mantids

[weezyboi94]

Caught these wild mantids long time ago but as you'll know they die after a good 8-9 months. These pics were taken atleast 3 months back i think.
I got them to lay their ootheca which had about 10 eggs per ooth. Beautiful mantids and i released most of the nymphs while i fed off the rest to Melea... She loved it. Gave some to my toads and reed frogs as well.

enjoy the pics.

 

[EmanSami]

wow, nice shots. too bad those don't live in the habitats around where I live, nor do grasshoppers or any exotic bugs. I didn't know they could live that long, interesting.

 

[ColorCham427]

That looks like an Empusa genus? Dude! You need to ship these out to me, don't feed these beautiful rare mantids to your pets lol. In the USA, you can profit shipping these to me lol.

 

[bugboy]

sweet! do we know what species this is?

 

[weezyboi94]

i have no clue what species it is...would sure like to know though.

 

[dodolah]

Looks like an Empusa Pennata? I could be wrong..

 

[weezyboi94]

Yea it definately looks similar but it could just be a closely related species within the same genus...did a google search.