Blepharopsis mendica, Fabricius, 1775
origin: Egypt
temperature: 24-34°C
humidity: 50-70%
Size: females ~7-8cm
           males ~7-8cm
Food: Flying insects (Flies, Bees, Moths, Butterflies) Blepharopsis is exclusively specialized on flying insects
Enclousure size: 30x30x30
Habitat: Blepharopsis occurs in the hot areas of northafrica

Gongylus gongylodes, Linne, 1758
origin: India
temperature: 26-34°C
humidity: 50-80%
Size: females ~8-9cm
           males ~7-8cm
Food: Flying insects (Flies, Bees, Moths, Butterflies) Gongylus is exclusively specialized on flying insects
Enclousure size: 30x30x30
Habitat: Gongylus occurs in the hot and humid areas of India. They like to stay in the brushwood

Idolomantis diabolica, Saussure, 1869
origin: Kenya
temperature: 24-36°C
humidity: 50-70%
Size: females ~13-14cm
          males ~10-11cm
Food: Flying insects (Flies, Bees, Moths, Butterflies) Idolomantis is exclusively specialized on flying insects
Enclousure size: 30x30x40
Habitat: Idolomantis occurs in the brushwood of eastafricans savannah

Empusa guttula, Thunberg, 1815
origin: Kenya
temperature: 24-32°C
humidity: 50-70%
Size: females ~6-7cm
           males ~5-6cm
Food: Flying insects (Flies, Bees, Moths, Butterflies) Empusa is exclusively specialized on flying insects
Enclousure size: 30x30x30
Habitat: Empusa occurs in the gras areas and brushwood of africans savannah

Idolomorpha lateralis, Burmeister, 1838
origin: Ivory Coast
temperature: 24-36°C
humidity: 50-70%

Empusa pennata

origin: Southeast Europe
temperature: 28-35°C
humidity: 50-65%
Size: ~6-7cm
Food: Flying insects exclusively
Enclousure size: 30x30x30 for up to 3 pairs