Gurders Mantis

praying mantis

Species Diary 2010

March

I have exchanged my P.paradoxa with Brian for a new species to me Acontista.sp, these are a small flower mantis. They are currently only 1st instar and look so much like ants it is uncanny

Feb

The Stagmomantis carolina ooth that Luke sent me quite a while ago has hatched 2day, there looks to be quite a few nymphs in the hatching jar. I look forward to watching this new species for me growing on.  

The ooths I was very kindly sent by Yen have now had a diapause and have gone into incubation in the shed, fingers crossed and wait time now.

Got a new species this week from Dan cheers mate, they are Odontomantis.sp which are a nice looking small species.

Jan

A massive thanks to Rob for my chance to re-visit an old species Euchomenella Sp along with Cilnia humeralis plus the new species which are a pair of Pnigomantis medioconstricta and the Deroplatys trigonodera nymphs.