#giant asian mantis

[sandpaperoctopi]

Invertober Day 24: giant Asian mantis

[unhingedlesbear]

I LOVE HERR I'm back from college now so I can finally stare at her for hours.

She is SO majestic

[archiverot]

maggie being cute

are there other mantis/insect keepers on tumblr, i need to find my bug people

[n8nt]

look at my most perfectest boy

[mostlymantis]

my precious crouton

[arthicat]

Alf eating a silkworm baby!

[tigersorange]

i got my first digital camera! i still only have vintage lenses from my pentax for it but here’s some crouton pics anyways

[laneybeetle]

I love how Praying Mantises self-clean like cats.

Same! It's so cute, mantids really do remind me of cats.

Here's some shots I have of miss Orchid preening <3

[71e]

My beautiful pink princess 🎀 Abigail

[birb-bian]

I’ve been sad a lot lately, but at least I have this funky little creature to observe (and be observed by)

[primal-savagery]

So what's the status on pets named after Baldur's Gate characters nowadays? I've seen plenty of cats named Astarion around the internet now of course. Karlach seems like an excellent name for a large and excitable dog.

I ask because I'd like to introduce you all to Blunt Skuncher, who just completed his second molt since joining the household.

[unhingedlesbear]

FIRST BECKYPOST BC LOOK WHO ARRIVED!

SHE'S SO PRETTYYY

[archiverot]

Good morning

[jack-of-all-inverts]

Atlas

Hierodula membranacea

Giant Asian Mantis - Adult Male

I love the color green that he turned out to be! He was yellow as a nymph. Now he's an i9 adult male!

[p-paradoxa]

Hierodula membranacea

[neonbutchery]

javik updates:

- he just molted to an i5/i6 and he's getting so big now! also I'm starting to question if he's actually a she, because now he's old enough to be properly sexed, but I'll guess when I handle him tomorrow

- i recently made a new enclosure for him! i know that to people who don't own a mantis it might look cheap but it has everything he needs (humidity, branches and mesh to climb on, etc). you can see him climbing on the pics above, and here are some images of the enclosure itself: