#phyllocrania paradoxa

[mostlymantis]

this guy only eats if i babysit him

#sumac mantis #mantis #ghost mantis #phyllocrania paradoxa #pet mantis #praying mantis #insects #bugs

[creepincrawl]

I was looking through my old mantis photos today and forgot about this one I took of my adult female ghost mantis Aspen in 2020. She has long since passed, but I just wanted to share since I still think this looks beautiful<3

#bugs #bug #insect #insects #maple #maple leaf #maple leafs #fall #fall vibes #bug tw #ghost mantis #mantis #Phyllocrania paradoxa #mantidae #mantids #mantid #cute insect #cute bug #cute bugs #pet bug #pet bugs

[morbidsmenagerie]

One of my main jobs is feeding all the jumping spider and mantis babies, I'm getting really good at handling fruit flies.

#invertebrates #invertiblr #inverts #invert #bugblr #mantis #mantid #ghost mantis #bordered mantis #phyllocrania paradoxa #stagmomantis limbata #insectarium

[orionym]

Subadult vs adult Phyllocrania Paradoxa comparison (same individual)

#insect #insects #bug #entomology #mantis keeping #mantis #mantid #mantids #praying mantis #mantidae #mantises #praying mantises #phyllocrania #phyllocrania paradoxa #phyllocrania sp #ghost mantis #bug photography

[jack-of-all-inverts]

Shedinja

Adult Male Ghost Mantis

(Phyllocrania paradoxa)

Photo by me ©FN77

Taken on Nikon D780

#mantis #tw bugs #bugs #insects #insect #ghost mantis #Phyllocrania paradoxa #mantodea #invertebrates #invert pets #pets #FN77 #FlamingNinetales77 #praying mantis #mantises #my photography #my mantises #my inverts #bugblr

[blobbei-art]

A series of mantises (and one tarantula) I’ve drawn over the past week for fun.

They are as follows (in order of the individual images):

Toxodera Beieri/Dragon Mantis Gongylus Gongylodes/Walking Violin Mantis Phyllocrania Paradoxa/Ghost Mantis Citharomantis Falcata/?? Psalmopeus Irminia/Venezuelan Suntiger

#bug #mantis #tarantula #insect #artists on tumblr #art #my art #toxodera beieri #dragon mantis #gongylus gongylodes #walking violin #phyllocrania paradoxa #ghost mantis #citharomantis falcata #psalmopeus irminia #venezuelan suntiger #i only wanted to draw certain cool looking ones I was able to neatly stylise #i was thinking of drawing a shiny flower mantis as well but eh I’ve lost interest in this series I think haha #if I do end up drawing it I have to upload it on its own

[alienbath]

Look at her. The slay, the cunt, she's everything.

(Source: mantisuniverse.com)

#ghost mantis #Phyllocrania paradoxa #preying mantis #insects #photography

[scalestails]

Ghost mantis update! Female is the lighter one. Gotta get these guys together soon to breed.

#my pets #bugblr #ghost mantis #Phyllocrania paradoxa

[coloradanum]

meet nyx, my new phyllocrania paradoxa baby!! i love them so much it’s unreal

#i think they might be a female?? absolutely not sure though #im going to try and feed my g. pulchripes sling tmrw and will intro them then #ghost mantis #phyllocrania paradoxa #arthropods #my pets

[drlany0n]

The Blacksmith

#oc #original character #digital art #sorry i have no fanart to post have this meanwhile #illustration #firealpaca #drawing #art #phyllocrania paradoxa experiment #Bell Yogur #ekisdead

[mostlymantis]

Meet my mantises!

Cardamom ♀ Sphodromantis Kersteni - i6 poss subadult

Cardamom is my baby my cinnamon apple my everything. She has three legs due to somehow getting her leg caught on a plastic plant and twisting it (I believe this is a freak accident and, in general, plastic plants are safe to use). She is also in my icon!

Cinnamon ♀ Creobroter Apicalis - i6 or 7 presub or subadult

Tiny, fiesty, stunning. Cinnamon is only about 1.5 inches long even though she is almost an adult. Creobroter species tend to be small, but the Creobroter Gemmatus I kept in the past was larger than her.

Gummy ♂ Hierodula Majuscula - i4

He is rude and he does not like me but he is Very cute, the most classically alien looking of my mantises. I am hoping that with some handling he will become more tame as he will be very large as an adult (possibly up to 4in long).

Dogwood ♀ Popa Spurca - i4

She's stic. Can I make it anymore obvious?

Ash, Maple, Hazel ♀ Phyllocrania Paradoxa - i4

Sumac, Cypress ♂ Phyllocrania Paradoxa - i4

I'm not putting pics of all of them here but here are the two boys. I love all of them, ghost mantises are really fun and beautiful and easy to keep, albeit the males are finicky to feed. I am going to breed them once they reach adulthood and may have babies available to purchase in the future.

#mantis #pet mantis #phyllocrania paradoxa #ghost mantis #sphodromantis #hierodula #praying mantis #insects #pet bugs #pet invertebrates

[hazel2468]

Well guys, I have an announcement!

Everyone, meet Reaper!

He's a Phyllocrania Paradoxa- a Ghost Mantis, and I fucking adore him!

He seems very lively, but very okay with being handled. I'm obviously not going to be handling him a lot, but he walked right out onto my hand when I got him from his little travel cup, and he decided he would rather take a drink of a little water drop off my finger than off of his leaf!

I tossed a pair of fruit flies into his enclosure, and he spent about ten minutes stalking one before snatching it up and munching on it. Ate the whole thing really quick- he was hungry! If he doesn't catch the other, I'll make sure he gets another one either today or tomorrow (the other one might have gotten lucky and escaped, not sure, if it did, well, good for it).

#bugblr #praying mantis #cw bug #bug pic #i am in LOVE oh my lanta #he's so TEENY TINY #unsure exactly what instar he is but the seller says he is male #and based on the crest and abdomen I think that is correct #right now he's just chilling post-meal in his new home and i am #SO happy! #and yeah... yeah I'm getting a fucking jumping spider too #i have a whole fruit fly culture he won't eat all of that himself #plus when he gets larger he'll be moving on to house flies so #spooder it is! #and if anyone is wondering #I ordered him from #The Bugg Plug #they were FANTASTIC #there were some weather issues and FedEx shipping was a mess #and they kept me super up to date and posted about it as well so I knew what was going on #they were very very quick to answer my questions and resolved an issue with my tracking number like in five minutes #i will 100% be ordering other bugs from them in the future

[cumulohimbus]

^ Blepharopsis mendica (Arab/Thistle Mantis). Image credit: Akkar Trail (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ - no changes made)

^ Deroplatys dessicata (Dead Leaf Mantis). Image credit: R E Gray (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ - no changes made)

^ Gongylus gongylodes (Indian Rose/Wandering Violin Mantis). Image credit: Vinayaraj (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ - no changes made)

^ Harpagomantis tricolor (False Flower Mantid). Image credit: Magriet B (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ - no changes made)

^ Idolomantis diabolica (Giant Devil's Flower Mantis). Image credit: Sarah Vigliotti (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ - no changes made)

^ Oxyelaea elegans. Image credit: B. Wright (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ - no changes made)

^ Phyllocrania paradoxa (Ghost Mantis). Image credit: Bernard DUPONT (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ - no changes made)

^ Pseudacanthops spinulosis. Image credit: Antonio Agudelo (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ - no changes made)...sorry about the more visually confusing image for this one; I couldn't find a better photo that the publisher didn't have all rights reserved for.

^ Pseudocreobotra ocellata (African Flower Mantis). Image credit: JC Schou (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ - no changes made)

^ Stenophylla lobivortex (Dragon Mantis). Image credit: César Favacho (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ - no changes made)

#tw: bugs #mantises #photos #cumu's art project stuff

[orionym]

My sweet boy King Boo molted for the first time in many many months. I'm not sure what took him so long- I think it may have been too cold over the winter. But look at him now!!! Isn't he beautiful? I'm so proud of him, he is now a subadult

#phyllocrania #phyllocrania paradoxa #ghost mantis #ghostie #mantis #praying mantis #mantis keeping #mantid #mantidae #mantids

[jack-of-all-inverts]

Bernadette, an i3 female ghost nymph.

She's unusually darker than her siblings, so I'll be keeping her to see what she looks like when she grows up. Her 100+ siblings are looking for their forever homes! LINK HERE

For context, here's another nymph! Much lighter in color.

Ghosts are known to display a variety of colors, with nymphs and adult females able to display various shades of brown, beige, yellow/gold, green, grey, and even black!

My three females, pictured below, are Green (Dora), Gold (Freyah) and Brown (Demeter).

Males, on the other hand, are very lithe and nimble as adults, and despite showing color as nymphs, they generally end up the same color as adults. Four separate adult males (the fathers, all brothers) are pictured below.

#mantis #praying mantis #mantises #invert pets #tw bugs #insect #insects #my mantises #my inverts #ghost mantis #Phyllocrania paradoxa #p. paradoxa #Phyllocrania #bugblr #bugposting #bugs #invert breeding #mantis breeding #for sale #for trade #i2-i3 nymphs

[cyanocoraxx]

ghost mantis (phyllocrania paradoxa) L3

their name is rosewood, named after the wood of the dalbergia legume that grows in masagascar, the home of these mantids.

adult females play dead when threatened, whereas adult males run or fly away. first instar nymphs mimic ants as a defense. their colours can vary from dark brown to greenish-grey, often changing subtly between molts depending on light and humidity levels

#praying mantis #ghost mantis #bug tw #bugs tw #mine