Indochina Mantis (Hierodula patellifera)

Description

Short care sheet for Indochina Mantis:

Origin: South/Southeast Asia

Size: 7 cm (females, males a bit smaller)

Temperature: 22-30C day / 18-22 night

Humidity: 40-60% (relatively low, 2-3 spraying per week)

Difficulty Level: Easy

Indochina Mantis is smaller version of Giant Asian Mantis and has almost the same keeping conditions and same behaviour that makes it another good beginner choice. Except smaller size it has two white spots on forelimbs with that you can distinguish this species from its relatives.

This is very aggressive hunter and this is why it has no issues with feeding – almost any feeding insect of appropriate size suits them (crickets, roaches, locusts, meal- and morio worms, fruit flies and Green Bottle Flies for younger instars). Don’t leave mantis with crickets and roaches unattended, remember – these feeding insects can attack and hurt mantis!

Indochina can be kept free range on a large plant, although this information is based on reports of other keepers/breeders.

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