Blepharopsis Mendica - Thistle Mantis or Devils Flower Mantis

[Adamoon96]

0:47 metal hand \m/

[kitkat39]

@Adamoon96 haha! I did not even realize that until you said it. =)

[monitorlover1]

I have three now they are amazing!!!

[kitkat39]

@monitorlover1 These are definitely one of the favorites! Sadly, I was never able to continue mine. =(

[monitorlover1]

@kitkat39 how do you tell their gender?

[kitkat39]

@monitorlover1 Count their segments on their belly. If they've got 6, then that's a female, if more then it will be a male. Also, towards pre-sub or sub adult, males will have thicker, more feathery-ish antenna.  Females Antenna will be thinner looking like the one you see in the video

[monitorlover1]

@kitkat39 one more queston how do you breed them?

[kitkat39]

@monitorlover1 This species, I just put them together in a big cage and they started breeding for me. They laid me a ton ootheca, but none of them hatched for me. =(

[monitorlover1]

@kitkat39 that sucks I am going to try to breed mine are on their 6th molt I think

[neonvertigo]

she is awesome! I love mantids and this is one of my favorite species.

[kitkat39]

@neonvertigo Yeah for sure! =)