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   Parasphendale affinis

 

Bud Wing mantis (Parasphendale affinis).

Taxonomy:  
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Sub-Phylum: Tracheata
Class: Insecta
Sub-Class: Pterygota
Super-Order: Dictyoptera
Order: Mantodea
Sub-Order: -
Family: Mantidae
Sub-Family: Miomantinae
Tribe: Miomantini
Genus: Parasphendale
Species: affinis
Year: 1915
Distribution: Kenya, Somalia, Ethopia.

They should be kept at 25 - 30C (77- 86F), 60% humidity.

Females: get 2 3/4 inches (7 cm) lomg.

Males: get 1 1/4 inches (3 cm) long.

Diet: Drosophila, houseflies, crickets, flour worms. To the newly hatched larvae must be promptly offered Drosophila flies.

Ootheca.

Nymphs hatching from an ootheca.

Mid size male nymph.

 

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