Phyllocrania Paradoxa -the tough fighter

[NinjaXFX]

Omg its that praying mantis from Kung fu panda!

[Az15292]

not fighting at all :) just trying to find a way up to your face. i found they love sitting as close to your face as possible. they like attention and love being watched. they love being on your face or head even more

[goomanskeeto]

@0:26 Can i haz a hug? imma be yor fwiend lol

[silkyscouse]

'Its the Eye of the Tiger..............

[HeyHeyHarmonicaLuke]

its soooo small!

[suferboy101]

in the octagon with Phyllocrania Paradoxa

[Fj0rdside]

its so sweet :D

[skorpionman2010]

NINJA!!! HUIAAAAAA!!

[dawarror]

he's doing his early morning tia chi XD

[McLidl]

It's like a little Bruce Lee.

[manifestgtr]

haha thats the "lemme at em, lemme at em" look

[rashad5010]

mantids always attack and do poses for the camera

[leevaant]

nice hehe i do the kung fu and it's really funny to see a real mantis show forms XD nice capture =]

[0151pri88]

maybe you can learn a new energy travel from that, you can call it ''The Mantis''

[FreeStylaaZ]

I KNOW KARATÉ !

[kwei123]

wow this mantis is so small

[rashad5010]

i did not know they were that small.almost the same size of an ant mantis.cool little mantis.

[SengaORK24K]

Cute male.

[Inabeetz]

soooooo sweet

[FrOoOtZ]

hes blind? lol he looks like cant see a thing ahead his eyes

btw hes pretty hahaha

[JnthnFRbn29]

a mantis laid its egg in our curtain...

[MrWaySTONED]

i realy want 1 where did u get him?

[MrWaySTONED]

where did u get him?

[TheUnholyAntichrist]

you have a horrible thumb

[demonic346]

lol i want to get a ghost mantis

[zZZANlMEZZz]

lol like a movie

[cafekawaii]

He is soo cute!

[BunnaySango]

Goodness he's tiny

[Lachy314]

lol hes like waya!

[MantisForSale]

Ghosts are always funny acting.

[Sterango]

lol i notice from watching these mantis vids that they have an affinity for cameras and anytime one comes near they start boxing at it and want to climb on it.

[utterbeastage]

they seem to be attracted to lenses , tried to take a picture of one earlier and he humped my lens :(

[jtallen12345]

I think it's because they can see a clear reflection of themselves in the camera lens and they rush over to check it out... I've noticed it as well...

[catblanket14uk]

ha ha! like rocky with mad headgear!

[jerumd]

It looks like an Egyptian Queen. XD LOL!!

[Menschenheim]

impressive coeography ^^

[goatboatfloat]

reminds me of captain jack sparrow waving about and shaking arms randomly... i ordered one of these guys and cant wait for him to arrive!

[goatboatfloat]

my mistake not a boxer.

[goatboatfloat]

Haha love this video and the boxer mantis has got some moves.

[gallan30]

nice kung fu master you got there :D

[Ritualex]

Looks like he's yelling at you "yooooo maaaaan I'm hungry.. what the fuck!" hahaha or it would've been nice to put some bruce lee effects ^^

[jazzyfantazzy]

Ghosts are one of the longer lived mantises. The females especially can live longer than the 1 year average.

Also, you don't need to tame them. They are already human-friendly.

[icebarrage1166]

are these tameable? and how long do they live? and what would the price range be on one?

[CNAsweetpeas47]

do you mean this specific kind??

because you can buy the common kind for 15 dollars online but they only sell in spring because they come in eggcases..

i got three eggcases for 15 dollars.

check out my vid if you wanna see them!

[MicroCass]

3 ooths for 15 bucks? where?? you mean ghost ooths right?

[CNAsweetpeas47]

ghost?

hmm... no i got chinese mantises!

on the internet they have them if you google it i think!

[MicroCass]

oh lol nevermind then. I can find those outside here.

[CNAsweetpeas47]

really?

lucky. i wish i could find some around here...

[explosion4everyday]

ist dies ein Männchen? schon oder?

Is this a male, isn't it?

[JuanLeTwnz]

So winzig und bizarr...vielleicht sollte ich endlich mal durchsetzen, was ich schon länger plane und mir ein paar ins Terri setzen, aber schwarze^^

[okami1wolf]

oh!!!...sorry guys...got it

[okami1wolf]

I'm sorry what are yall talking about L4? Level 4?

[carlonery]

wtf is l3 and l4 guys..

[JuanLeTwnz]

L = larval stadium

ok?

[JuanLeTwnz]

or larval stage..larval phase..however :D

[chrisboy06]

is that L3?

[Kruszakus]

How long will it take for this species to get to L4?

[explosion4everyday]

about 10 to 12 days

[Kruszakus]

You mean from L3 to L4?

I'm currently keeping this species - most are sub-adult, one moulted into aduld two days ago - sweet.

[xxblackkatxx]

I just got a couple of ghost nymphs a week and a half ago or so... they both moulted within a day of each other, and I'm totally unsure as to what instar they're in. They look exactly like this one, but maybe a smidge smaller... Are they L3?

[Kruszakus]

The male you see in the vid is not L3, it may be around pre-subadult, I'm unsure about the number of moultings for this species - I did not bother countig since they were synchronized pretty well.