Ghost Mantis (Phyllocrania
paradoxa) Family-Hymenopodidae.
| Taxonomy: |
|
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Sub-Phylum: |
Tracheata |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Sub-Class: |
Pterygota |
| Super-Order: |
Dictyoptera |
| Order: |
Mantodea |
| Family: |
Hymenopodidae |
| Sub-Family: |
Epaphroditinae |
| Tribe: |
Phyllocranini |
| Genus: |
Phyllocrania |
| Species: |
paradoxa |
| Year: |
1838 |
| Distribution: |
Ethopia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Angola, Guinea,
Cape Province, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Transvaal,
Uganda, Simbabwe, Guinea, Cape Province, Kenya,
Cameroon, Congo,
Madagascar, Mosambique, Namibia, Somalia. |
They should be kept at 25 - 30°C (77 - 86°F),
60% humidity. Adults get 45- 50 mm long. This is
a long-lived mantis. They molt approximately every
3- 5 weeks until the 4th molt. After 4th molt, they
eat infrequently and the last shed before adult
hood can take 1- 2 month. Young should be sprayed
5-7 times a week, adults 3 times a week. Unlike
most other mantis species, Ghost mantids can be
kept in groups. They like to hang upside down, so
try to provide a tall container.
Diet: Drosophila, houseflies, crickets, flour worms.
To the newly hatched larvae must be promptly offered
Drosophila flies.
Statis: With some luck, if more will hatch, will
have some oothecas available for trades only in
5- 7 month (or sooner).
Ootheca.
One day old nymp.
L3 nymph.
L5 nymph.
Adult male.
Adult female. |
California King Snakes 
today!