Rhombodera valida

[smasch]

Hello,

here some pics from my Rh.valida. its verry nice and looks Rh.basalis, but valida is little bigger and not so difficult how basalis .






Bye Sascha

[BOHAN]

Exellent, this is everything i want in a mantis. I didnt realize they had so much red in them.Bigger and easier to keep than R basilis eh.Rare as rockin horse doop i suppose. Still i will have to put a wanted add out now.
Exellent photo's to, cheers for posting Sascha.

regards Bohan

[Insectchat]

Fantastic photos! If you ever get any spare, do let me know

[smasch]

hello and thanks

its at this time my special favorite, but no males in germany!! thats bad
hope to find one before my female die.

maybe we have luck

cheers Sascha

[Insectchat]

There was a similar case in the UK, with the Basilis...there were lots of females, but no males.
Unfortunately, this led to the collection dying out, I haven't seen in any in the UK since.
Best of luck with finding a male!

[BOHAN]

Just out of interest, what are the usual methods for new species to enter a country.I searched for I diabolica for nearly 30 years, i havn't got that long to wait for Rhombodera or any other outlandish species for that matter.surely if a big enough gene pool was imported into a country we could keep it going indefinatly,without having to dip into wild stock. it happens with dogs all the time.These species have been in this country allready, so its not like its illegal.
Anybody got any good friends in Asia??
Sorry for ranting on..

cheers Bohan.

[smasch]

sorry no friends in Asia.
but my next holidays i will look

or other people can find them in nature and bring them
back in the home grow.

this species was found in Borneo.

regards!
Sascha

[Rob Byatt]

Originally Posted by Insectchat

There was a similar case in the UK, with the Basilis...there were lots of females, but no males.
Unfortunately, this led to the collection dying out, I haven't seen in any in the UK since.
Best of luck with finding a male!

That was me !

I had bred them for 3 generations, only to end up with 6 females (I selected enough males but they died).

It was heart breaking; I was the only one in the UK with them and couldn't get any males. I eventually got a male, but the last female surving died after being mated.

So if anyone has any, please send them this way and I'll get them breeding

Rob.

[buddhistsoldier]

Sounds like they are a weak capitive species.... Perhaps for some reason they dont breed in capitivity...?

[Insectchat]

I am not to sure. I know people have had success with them in Germany, so I am guessing breeding is certainly possible.
I don't think may people have tried over here, or even in the US.