Rhombodera valida Giant Shield praying mantis

Name: Rhombodera valida Giant Shield praying mantis
Brand: USMANTIS
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Rhombodera valida Giant Shield praying mantis.

General

Scientific name:Rhombodera sp. IGM 227

German name: Green shield mantis

Distribution: India & Southeast Asia

Final size: Female about 10 cm, male about 9 cm

attitude

Temperature: Day 22 - 25 ° C, night room temperature

Relative Humidity: Tags 50 - 60 ° C, Night 60 - 70%

Recommended Terrarium minimum size WxDxH: 30 x 30 x 40 cm

Aggressiveness towards species: High

Difficulty: Medium

biology

Number of molts adult stage: Females approx. 9 (adult in L10), male approx. 8 (adult in L9)

Reaching sexual maturity after adult skin: Females about 4 weeks, males about 3 weeks

Development period in Ooth: approx. 5 weeks

Hatching rate per ooth: as many as 200 nymphs is possible

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Food

L1: Small fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster

L2 / L3: Large fruit flies Drosophila hydei

L4 / L5: Blue Bottle Flies

Adult females also like to eat large crickets, grasshoppers or cockroaches and large meal-worms

This species Rhombodera cf. valida . It has now been assigned to the IGM master 277. This strain has yellow inner wings.

The Green Shield mantis can already be recognized by its wide backplate at early developmental stages. This mantid species is very aggressive, actively hunting. In the subadult and adult stage, it likes to eat large prey such as adult crickets or cockroaches. cannibalism rate definitely not communal.

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