Gurders Mantis

This site is a working progress, please check back to see the progress that I'm making with my mantids.

I will be updating the species diary and breeding diary regularly along with new pictures being added to the species pages as they moult and grow into adulthood.

I am still fascinated by this insect and have been keeping them for nearly 5 years now. I have now been able to breed a couple of species and rear mantids that I have bred myself. This hobby does take up quite a bit of time but so long as I enjoy it this doesn't bother me. 

Here is a list of the species of mantis that I have kept:

IGM no                  *Species I'm currently keeping

165               Parasphendale affinis – Budwinged mantis *

 2                Hierodula membrancea – Giant Indian/Asian mantis *

                   Euchomenella Sp – nick named peperami mantis by my old man *

  10              Phyllocrania paradoxa – Ghost mantis

                   Hymenopus coronatus – Orchid mantis *

  49             Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii – Spiny flower mantis * 

 30              Pseudoharpax virescens virescens - Gambian spotted-eye mantis

                   Pseudocreobotra ocellata - Spiny flower mantis

  3               Gongylus Gongylodes - Indian rose/Violin mantis *

12               Creobroter gemmatus – Indian flower mantis

                   Polyspilota aeruginosa – Marbled mantis *

                   Otomatis.sp – Boxer mantis

167              Idolomantis diabolica – Devils Flower

9                 Blepharopsis mendica - Thistle mantis

93               Ephestiasula pictipes - Purple boxer mantis

166              Statilia maculata - Asian grass mantis

                   Mantis religiosa - European mantis

tbc               Pseudovates arizonae - Arizona Unicorn mantis

16                Deroplatys lobata - Dead leaf mantis *

123              Acromantis formosana - Taiwan flower mantis

169              Cilnia humeralis - Wide arm mantis *

164               Sphodromantis aurea (formerly-Alalomantis coxalis - Congo green mantis) *

                    Sybilla pretiosa - Cryptic mantis *

15                Deroplatys desiccata - Dead leaf mantis *

98                 Tenodera.sp -

tbc                Empusa fasciata -

tbc                Idolomorpha lateralis -