Even more mantid pics

[larry]

First up, male Deroplatys lobata, he's got his wings now, just needs a girlfriend.

Out for a stretch

Mmm, drumstick

And a baby Sibylla pretiosa

 

[uphwiz]

wowee ,nice shots love the baby sibylla pretiosa, hang in there buddy
thanks Larry.

 

[swords]

Nice! I'd love to see the D. lobata against some birch wood.

That Sibylla gets some neat wings as an adult, the contrast with the rest of the mantid is striking.

 

[schloaty]

That Sibylla pretiosa nymph looks very much like my Idolomantis Diabolica L2's.

How big is it?

When I got my L2's, I was astonished at how big they are.

 

[larry]

They were L1's when I got them. If you don't count their extremely long legs, head to tip of uncurled tail was about 7mm. This one in the photo is now L2, about 12mm.