Orchid Mantis Ghost Mantis
Orchid mantis are a tropical species and need a fair amount of humidity.
Orchid mantis ghost mantis. Orchid mantis or hymenopus coronatus is a beautiful pink and white mantis with lobes on its legs that look like flower pentals. Live chinese mantises the orchid mantis devils flower the ghost mantis flower mantises and all other mantids require other live bugs as a food source including flies moths crickets or cockroaches. X6 orchid mantis hymenopus coronatus x4 ghost mantis phyllocrania paradoxa x1 blue flash mantis sphodromantis sp. It is a typical sit and wait predator.
Please be prepared for your new live pet mantis and buy live feeder insects too. Hymenopus coronatus orchid mantis well that s all well and good but if you re a beginner and or you want to keep things simple i always recommend a few hardy species. Before the prey realizes it he is already firmly stuck between the claws of this predator. This species is very popular and loved as a pet because of its beautiful bright colors and amazing camouflage.
They should always be allowed at least 2 to ensure enough water is being retained after a morning spray. We find the best substrate for this mantis is a soil mix called spider life. Although this species does not live on orchids it does look remarkably well like a flower or orchid. Our mantis care sheet is here.
Relying on her camouflage it waits patiently until an unsuspecting prey comes along. The ghost mantis is a quiet kind of praying mantis. One of the first that i recommend is phyllocrania paradoxa ghost mantis. Once she sees her prey she will attack very fast.
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