Threatening mantises

blepharopsis · Post by **blepharopsis** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:26 am

Greetings! Below - my pet praying mantises showing off.

Plistospilota guineensis male

Rhombodera basalis female

Deroplatys lobata female

JH · Post by JH » Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:44 am

Interesting, what do you do to make them do this?
Regards Jörgen

blepharopsis · Post by **blepharopsis** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:02 pm

JH wrote:Interesting, what do you do to make them do this?
Regards Jörgen

Different things work for different species, I also observed individual differences within a single species - some mantises are better "performers" than other; they flip out immediately after taking them out of enclosure and maintain the pose for relatively long time. I usually trigger the response by touching their abdomens or heads with a fine paintbrush. A little mirror worked too in one case. Habituation usually occurs after w while.

Pizzazz · Post by **Pizzazz** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 1:09 pm

These are way cool!

Make good subject ideas for the animated movie industry.....

Attack of the dancing Mantises

So you think you can Mantis?

How do you have/keep pet Mantises?

Mike

blepharopsis · Post by **blepharopsis** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 1:34 pm

Pizzazz wrote:These are way cool!

Make good subject ideas for the animated movie industry.....

Attack of the dancing Mantises

So you think you can Mantis?

How do you have/keep pet Mantises?

Mike

Hi Mike,
I'd sure like to see a production featuring a mantis-based character - the Mantis from Kung Fu Panda is cool (especially with Seth Rogen giving it his voice), but come on - the rendering hardly is doing the real thing any justice

Keeping mantises - most species - is easy, they are relatively low maintenance and don't require much space. There is lots of info on that on the net. They are really easily available through online vendors in Europe and in the US:
http://www.einfeldsterraristik-shop.com/
http://mantisplace.com/
I really recommend getting one (or a dozen) - they are fun to photograph, very graceful and charismatic models!

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:41 pm

Very nice!

It is amazing how they pose.

Rogelio

GemBro · Post by **GemBro** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:31 pm

Oh love a Mantis ... great shots Igor ... love the 1st one ...

You won joint 2nd Price, Daily Mail, for the green one back in 2012 yes? ...

Also love your African Devilis Flower Mantis (seen elsewhere) ... that is one beautiful creature ...

jin · Post by **jin** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:38 am

These are amazing, thanks for sharing.

abpho · Post by **abpho** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 10:23 am

Such beautiful creatures.

leonardturner · Post by **leonardturner** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 6:10 am

I'm late, but had to comment. These are spectacular! Thank you!

Fredlab · Post by **Fredlab** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 7:16 am

Hello

Really amazing serie.
bravo

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 11:01 am

Those are very impressive!