I WANT ONE

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TheOneThatGotAway

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Okay, now I've never kept an insect before in my life, excluding feeder crickets. And I've always loved mantids. In fact, when I was about three, we had a nest in our back yard and they came back every year. They were so friendly and let us pic them up no problem. But yknow, they were just your average, garden-variety, green praying mantids.

And then I found this guy. This is the Devil's Flower Mantis, or Idolomantis diabolica. Look at that. It even has a kick-ass name. Other than that, I know nothing about them. Where they're from, their size (i know they're one of the largest mantids), their diet, or even if they're available in the pet trade, but I do know that I want one. I bet they're damn expensive, too.

-sigh- Someday.

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That picture will last a lot longer than actually owning one :D
 
That is a really cool mantis, you should definitely get one. We have a reptile show that comes to town every year and they sold mantids there. I used to buy an African Flower Mantis (Pseudocreobroter wahlbergii) every time I went. They are really cool, apart from they have a very short lifespan. I used to love the way they would look at me, as if observing with an intelligence that insects usually just don't have. Unfortunately, I've heard they are illegal to import into the US now. Anyways, here are pics of the kind I used to get:

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spiny flowers were always my fav, but i cant seem to find em at any stores/online stores :(
 
that thing looks like it could kill u lol, ill stick to my pet roaches and crickets
 
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