White Kneed King Cricket & Mantis DUW

[PhilK]

Got these two today.

White Kneed King Cricket - Penalva flavocalceata

Giant Rainforest Mantid - Hierodula majuscula (only a nymph)

In this photo she lost the cricket under a stick. She's peering under there to see where it went.

Got it!

Excuse all the photos. Got these guys from www.minibeastwildlife.com.au and would recommend their services to anybody.

 

[mebebrian]

Holly cow! Evil little buggers :shock:

How big do they grow?

 

[hallie]

Pics?

LOL...

What camera do you use mate if you dont mind??

Cheers..

 

[caustichumor]

Mantids would have to be the only insect I would care to keep, great photo's

 

[urodacus_au]

Nice pics and animals. Miss my inverts, WA might catch up one day.

Notice on the minibeasts site the advertise L waigiensis with a body length of 200mm? They either cant measure, its a typo or they harvest their breeders from next to a nuclear reactor :lol:

Jordan

 

[PhilK]

Hahaha yeah mate that's a typo.
hallie - I use a Canon Powershot G9. It's new so I'm still a novice at it,
mebebrian - not sure what animal you're referring to mate? The mantid will get much chunkier and about 7cm long. The king cricket as is is about 5-6cm long in the body but those back legs double it's length when it stretches out.

 

[braddq]

Food for my geckos

 

[DanTheMan]

only 7cm? having giant in the name i thought it would get bigger lol
Awesome pics!

 

[Tsubakai]

Do you know if they are captive bred or wild caught? I'd love to get some mantids if I could get CB ones. Thanks for the photos.

 

[PhilK]

Food for my geckos

Both these animals are more than capable of eating a gecko. The mantid has a little bit of growing to do though.

dan - The name 'Giant' comes from the fact they are the largest, most heavy bodied of the mantids in Australia.

tsubakai - Both are captive bred.

 

[redbellybite]

Alien looking thing now isnt it ,,,that green google eyed mantis.........

 

[ad]

Those mantids are awesome. Might have to get me some, thanks for the link. (Goliath Stick insects are cool too)

Ive seen the crickets in the wild, they are massive!
Cheers
Adam.

 

[WombleHerp]

WOW you really are getting into it arent you Phil
those are really awesome looking inverts you got there. I had a mantid, I would'nt mind getting myself another, they are awesome critters! I love the way they stalk and hunt thier pray then BAM its all over for that little cricket haha. so you're saying that, that mantis you have there is the largest in Australia? thats pretty cool.. I love the 'leaf' look its got going there with its abdomen, thats a really pretty mantid! I think im going to get me some more Goliath stick insects too come to think of it.. Big inverts rock!
we need 2 catch up, havent spoken in ages!


Nat

 

[Sdaji]

I used to breed the Hierodulas, they're quite cool, and my goannas thought so too

Nice crickets too I've seen but never kept them. I imagine they'd be pretty neat Don't let them bite

If a picture says a thousand words you've just written a few novels! :shock:

 

[DanTheMan]

dan - The name 'Giant' comes from the fact they are the largest, most heavy bodied of the mantids in Australia..

Oh ok, so they only get to 7cm long, but get quite fat? Is there another species of mantids that get longer but not as fat/heavy?
Iv got some pics somewhere of one I found on my house (not a giant rainforest mantid), was alot longer than 7cm. will try find it.

 

[ryanharvey1993]

nice shot sdaji, I'm no insect fan but I dont mind seeing them like that one

 

[Sdaji]

nice shot sdaji, I'm no insect fan but I dont mind seeing them like that one

That lizard is a big fan of insects!

 

[travie]

how much did you pay for both of them if you dont mind me asking?

 

[ryanharvey1993]

That lizard is a big fan of insects!

I can see:lol::lol: Ive tried insects they are overrated. woodies taste like dirt, grasshoppers taste like non cooked crunchy prawns with the shells still on and worms, well I didnt taste them I just swallowed them alive :shock:

 

[Tim.Arm]

Awsome shoot's mate and nice little critters.