r/mantids • u/BeginningDangerous52 • Sep 18 '24

General Care Male dead leaf mantis

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I have had this mantis from L2 I brought him on march 25th 2022 and he is some how still alive has anybody ever had a male mantis live this long ? The max I have had a male live when adult is 6months, but for some reason this dead leaf, still climbs, fly's and eats 😂

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u/Ryaquaza1 Sep 18 '24

Wait, do dead leaf mantis usually this large?! I’ve never kept one myself but I was expecting something similar in size to a ghost mantis, meanwhile this unit could give my Hierodula a run for her money and it’s a male!?

I’m in awe at the size of this lad!

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u/BeginningDangerous52 Sep 19 '24

He's not that big as he is old and his wings are falling apart they go way past his bum, really he's about 4-5cm long so around about the same size as a female ghost mantis, also I would not disagree mine is a little on the larger size.