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Nice horns, honey
How about a stick insect species in which the female has horns? Meet the Annam Stick Insect. Adult males are just boring with a smooth skin and thin body. But the females, no! They look like they are...
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New mantis species added to this website
I added a new page to the website, it’s about the Chinese Mantis. It is a very common mantis in the United States. It also occurs in China and other parts of Asia. Right now, in the fall, this mantis...
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Meet the Wandering Violin
Ever heard of the Wandering Violin mantis? It’s a mantis species that has a bizarre body. It has a normal head and abdomen, but in between there is a huge stretch of body that only serves as...
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Is it a wasp? Is it a mantis? No, it’s…
A mantis fly a mantis fly! The Latin name of the family is Mantispidae. It took me a couple of looks to figure out what this creature is. It looks like a mantis, but not quite right. Its head, its...
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Indian Flower Mantis
It’s time to showcase one of the mantis species. This time it’s the Indian Flower Mantis. The Latin name for this species is Creobroter gemmatus or Creobroter pictipennis. Both species are very...
View ArticleStill there are new mantis species being discovered
You would expect we would know the earth and what lives on it by now. But that’s not the case, there are still new species to be discovered. Last year a new mantis species has been discovered in...
View ArticleIt’s time to visit the Monarch Butterfly
You probably know the Monarch Butterfly. Either you have seen it yourself, or you have seen one of the hundreds of pictures, drawings or commercials featuring this butterfly. It’s a beautiful bright...
View ArticleNew species description
For some time I was without any stick insects as pets, but now I could not resist to start again. I got some beautiful Necroscia annulipes specimens. Two males and two females. This species is so...
View ArticleMeet Zompro’s Stick Insect
I got a new species of stick insect! I never had this one before. Many people like very brightly colored stick insects, but I also love the camouflaged ones. My first species where all plain stick-like...
View ArticleGhost mantis development in pictures
I’m happy to show you some new pictures I received from Jarno Akkersdijk. He made some stunning pictures of his Ghost mantids and shared them at his website http://ghostmantisnl.wixsite.com/home I got...
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