Oxyopsis peruviana

[mantisdeperu]

Hi. Here my Female Oxyopsis peruviana, its very long about 9 cm and very nice. It?s 10 months old.
At the moment I have 3 adults females, some adults males and hundreds nymphs. Also some oothecae.

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/1788/oxyopsisperuviana06rx2.jpg

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2578/oxyopsisperuviana05sj6.jpg

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/4056/oxyopsisperuviana04im5.jpg



Regards.

[mantisdeperu]

More photos.

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3575/oxyopsisperuviana03fx7.jpg

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/8467/oxyopsisperuviana02sq7.jpg

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2576/oxyopsisperuviana01vw1.jpg

[Insectchat]

Lovely photos Christian! I had some Peruviana a while back, nice little species.
Thanks for sharing.

[Habibi18]

OMG! The threat displays! THE THREAT DISPLAYS! :D Man those are awesome!

[Insectchat]

Yea, they sure do have a nice threat display...never knew the Oxyopsis did this.

[Habibi18]

Neither did I! Do all mantids do this? And if so are they all the same or are they different in some species?

http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x180/Wapo_Gipo_Frogs88/th_sau22.jpg.gif

[Insectchat]

A lot of mantids do this, although I am unsure if all do. One species that does look fantastic in threat display is the Idolomantis Diabolica, you can look on terra-typica for photos.

[Habibi18]

Will do! Hopefully I'll get to see it in person someday.

http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x180/Wapo_Gipo_Frogs88/th_sau22.jpg.gif

[smasch]

nice species. hope to see them in my home , too ;)
Cheers !
Sascha