#hierodula

He was fine until a noise outside scared him 😂

Hello!!! Definitely a sub-adult praying mantis...I'm thinking likely a transcaucasian giant mantis, Hierodula transcaucasica. They are non-native. Guessing this one is very recently molted because they can be pretty light in color but normally not quite this white.

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got a new girl from a friend on discord today! (she is on the right) her antennae are slightly fried looking so i named her crouton. she is a hierodula membranacea i6 nymph! I put her next to gummy my hierodula majuscula (poss i4 as the seller told me but maybe i5) male for comparison. the majuscula definitely have buggier alien eyes lolol. crouton is very chill in comparison to him but that may also be because she’s a female mantis. (also be careful holding two mantis close to each other, in this case ik what i was doing and only had them out simultaneously for a moment so it was fine but they can try to eat each other)

15/02/23

Got her set up in a new enclosure! Still need to add some more pieces for her to climb on, but I'm pretty happy with how it's looking so far.

mantis vs fly