Dead Leaf Mantis (Deroplatys
desiccata) Family-Mantidae.
| Taxonomy: |
|
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Sub-Phylum: |
Tracheata |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Sub-Class: |
Pterygota |
| Super-Order: |
Dictyoptera |
| Order: |
Mantodea |
| Family: |
Mantidae |
| Sub-Family: |
Deroplatyinae |
| Genus: |
Deroplatys |
| Species: |
desiccata |
| Year: |
1839 |
| Distribution: |
Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Cameron
Highland, Perak. |
They get up to 10 cm long. Their habitat includes
scrub to forest. Males get up to 3 inches, females
5.5 inches. Dead Leaf Mantis should be kept at 75°
- 80°F, and 75% damp. They are docile and calm.
Diet: Babies eat flightless fruit flies, pinhead
crickets, and other small insects. Adults eat crickets,
moths, flies, flour worms, and other large insects.
Ootheca.
L3 Dead Leaf Mantis female.
Subadult male.
Subadult female. |
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