Hierodula sp golden H. Golden

• GENERAL INFORMATION

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• Scientific name: Hierodula majuscula
• Common name: Giant rain forest mantis
• Distribution: Australia (rainforest)
• Max. size: Female ~10 cm, male ~9 cm
• KEEPING

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• Temperature:Day 22 - 25 °C, night room temperature
• Relative humidity:Day 60 - 70 %, night 70 - 90 %
• Recommended min. size of terrarium WxDxH:30 x 30 x 40 cm
• Aggressivity against each other:High
• Level of difficulty:Easy
• BIOLOGY

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• Moults until fully grown:Female ~9 (adult in L10), male ~8 (adult in L9)
• Sexually mature after last moult:Female ~5 weeks, male ~3 weeks
• Duration of development inside the ootheca:6 - 8 weeks
• Hatching rate:150 - 200 Nymphs possible
• MORE

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• Feeding
• L1/L2: Small fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and Big fruit fly Drosophila hydei
  L3: Greenbottle fly Lucilia sp. and Big fruit fly Drosophila hydei
  
  L4/L5: Greenbottle fly Lucilia sp.
  L6: Greenbottle fly Lucilia sp. and Bluebottle fly Calliphora sp.
  L7 - adult: Bluebottle fly Calliphora sp.
  Adult female especially love big food like Grasshoppers or Cockroaches.