Spiny flower mantis (Pseudocreobotra
wahlbergii).
| Taxonomy: |
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| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Sub-Phylum: |
Tracheata |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Sub-Class: |
Pterygota |
| Super-Order: |
Dictyoptera |
| Order: |
Mantodea |
| Sub-Order: |
- |
| Family: |
Hymenopodidae |
| Sub-Family: |
Hymenopodidae |
| Tribe: |
Hymenopodini |
| Genus: |
Pseudocreobotra |
| Species: |
wahlbergii |
| Year: |
1871 |
| Distribution: |
Tanzania, Sansibar,
Transvaal, Sambia, Simbabwe, Malawi, Mosambique,
Angola, Ethopia-S, Kenya, Congo. |
They should be kept at 25 - 32°C (77 - 89.6°F),
60% humidity. Ideally, this mantis should bemisted
ones a day, or atleast every 2-3 days. They do not
like running after their food, they prefer to wait
till something will fly by to grab it.
Females: ?
Males: ?
Diet: Drosophila, houseflies, crickets, flour worms.
To the newly hatched larvae must be promptly offered
Drosophila flies.


Ootheca.


L1 nymph.


L3 nymph.
L3 nymph walking (allow 2 min for it to fully load).


L4 nymph.
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