Deroplatys lobata, Guerin-Meneville, 1838
origin: Malaysia
temperature: 24-28°C
humidity: 60-80%
Size: females ~7-8cm
males ~5-6cm
Food: Flies, Butterflies, Crickets, Roaches, Locusts
Enclousure size: 30x30x30
Habitat: Deroplatys lives in the lower layer of the southeastasian rainforest and camouflage as dried leaves. They prefer shady places.
Deroplatys desiccata, Westwood 1839
origin: Malaysia
temperature: 24-28°C
humidity: 60-80%
Size: females ~8-9cm
males ~7-8cm
Food: Flies, Butterflies, Crickets, Roaches, Locusts
Enclousure size: 30x30x30
Habitat: Deroplatys lives in the lower layer of the southeastasian rainforest and camouflage as dried leaves. They prefer shady places.
Deroplatys trigonodera, Westwood, 1889
origin: Thailand
temperature: 24-28°C
humidity: 60-80%
Size: females ~7-8cm
males ~5-6cm
Food: Flies, Butterflies, Crickets, Roaches, Locusts
Enclousure size: 30x30x30
Habitat: Deroplatys lives in the lower layer of the southeastasian rainforest and camouflage as dried leaves. They prefer shady places.
Deroplatys truncata, Guerin-Meneville, 1843
origin: Malaysia
temperature: 24-28°C
humidity: 60-80%
Size: females ~7-8cm
males ~5-6cm
Food: Flies, Butterflies, Crickets, Roaches, Locusts
Enclousure size: 30x30x30
Habitat: Deroplatys lives in the lower layer of the southeastasian rainforest and camouflage as dried leaves. They prefer shady places.
Heterochaeta orientalis, Gerstaecker, 1883
origin: Kenya
temperature: 26-32°C
humidity: 40-60%
Size: females ~11-12cm
males ~9-10cm
Food: Flying insects (Flies, Bees, Moths Butterflies) Heterochaeta is specialized on flying insects
Enclousure size: 30x30x40
Habitat: Heterochaeta lives in the hot places of african savannah and usually stays in brushwood.
Pseudovates peruviana
origin: Peru
temperature: 24-28°C
humidity: 60-80%
Size: females ~5-6cm
males ~5-6cm
Food: Flying insects (Flies, Bees, Moths Butterflies), crickets, locusts
Enclousure size: 20x20x30
Habitat: Pseudovates can be found in the subtropical area of the rainforest.
Schizocephala bicornis, Linne, 1758
origin: India
temperature: 24-32°C
humidity: 60-80%
Size: females ~13-14cm
males ~10-11cm
Food: Flying insects (Flies, Bees, Moths Butterflies) Schizocephala is specialized on flying insects
Enclousure size: 40x40x40
Habitat: Schizocephala live in the more humid grasland and brushwood. Especially young nymphs prefer to stay in areas with only gras vegetation
Pachymantis bicingulata, de Haan, 1842
origin: Malaysia
temperature: 24-28°C
humidity: 60-80%
Size: females ~2-3cm
males ~2-3cm
Food: Flying insects (flies, small moths and small butterflies) small roaches, firebrats and Drosophila
Enclousure size: 15x15x20
Habitat: Pachymantis is a rare species and can be found in tropical and subtropical areas of Malaysia
Leptocola phthisica, Saussure, 1869
origin: Ivory Coast
temperature: 26-34°C
humidity: 50-70%
Size: females ~12-13cm
males ~9-10cm
Food: Flying insects (Flies, Bees, Moths Butterflies), small roaches
Enclousure size: 40x40x40
Habitat: Leptocola can be found in humid areas with gras vegetation and little brushwood. Nymphs like to stay in the gras vegetation
Pseudoxyops perpulchra, Westwood, 1889
origin: Peru
temperature: 24-28°C
humidity: 60-80%
Size: females ~6-7cm
males ~3-4cm
Food: Flying insects (Flies, Bees, Moths Butterflies), Crickets, Roaches and small locusts
Enclousure size: 20x20x30
Habitat: Pseudoxyops occurs in the tropical areas of Peru and likes to stay in glades of the forest
Sphodromantis lineola cf., Burmeister, 1838
origin: Ivory Coast
temperature: 24-32°C
humidity: 40-70%
Size: females ~7-8cm
males ~6-7cm
Food: Nearly all kind of prey they can crush down. Crickets, locusts, katydid, beetles, butterflies moths etc.
Enclousure size: 20x20x40
Habitat: Sphodromantis likes to stay on sunny places and glades of africans subsavannah
Hierodula majuscula, Tindale, 1923
origin: Australia
temperature: 22-30°C
humidity: 60-80%
Size: females ~7-8cm
males ~6-7cm
Food:Nearly all kind of prey they can crush down. Crickets, locusts, katydid, beetles, butterflies moths etc.
Enclousure size: 20x20x40
Habitat: Hierodula occurs in the more humid places of australias tropical areas
Hierodula membranacea, Burmeister, 1838
origin: India
temperature: 22-30°C
humidity: 60-80%
Size: females ~9-10cm
males ~7-8cm
Food: Nearly all kind of prey they can crush down. Crickets, locusts, katydid, beetles, butterflies moths etc.
Enclousure size: 20x20x40
Habitat: Hierodula occurs in the more humid places of indias tropical areas
Oxyopsis spec.
origin: Peru
temperature: 24-28°C
humidity: 60-80%
Size: females ~7-8cm
males ~4-5cm
Food:Flying insects (Flies, Bees, Moths Butterflies), Crickets, Roaches and small locusts
Enclousure size: 20x20x30
Habitat: Oxyopsis occurs in the tropical areas of Peru and likes to stay in glades of the forest
Zoolea lobipes, Olivier, 1792
origin: French Guyana
temperature: 24-32°C
humidity: 50-70%
Size: females ~7-8cm
males ~6-7cm
Food: Flying insects (Flies, Bees, Moths Butterflies) Zoolea is specialized on flying insects
Enclousure size: 30x30x30
Habitat: Zoolea occurs in the sunny places of subsavannah areas. They like to stay close to brushwood
Stagmatoptera biocellata, Saussure, 1869
origin: French Guyana
temperature: 24-32°C
humidity: 50-70%
Size: females ~8-9cm
males ~7-8cm
Food: Nearly all kind of prey they can crush down. Crickets, locusts, katydid, beetles, butterflies moths etc.
Enclousure size: 20x20x40
Habitat: Stagmatoptera stays in tropical areas with high density of vegetation. They occur in many different areas
Stagmatoptera binotata, Scudder, 1869
origin: French Guyana
temperature: 24-32°C
humidity: 50-70%
Size: females ~8-9cm
males ~7-8cm
Food: Nearly all kind of prey they can crush down. Crickets, locusts, katydid, beetles, butterflies moths etc.
Enclousure size: 20x20x40
Habitat: Stagmatoptera stays in tropical areas with high density of vegetation. They occur in many different areas
Choeradodis spec. "Peru" (C. stalii Wood-Mason, 1880)
origin: Peru
temperature: 24-28°C
humidity: 60-100%
Size: females ~8-9cm
males ~7-8cm
Food: Crickets, Moths, Butterflies, Roaches
Enclousure size: 30x30x40
Habitat: Choeradodis only occurs in tropical rainforest. They often stay on plans with big leafsizes (Phylodendron)
Prohierodula laticollis, Karsch, 1892
origin: Cameroon
temperature: 24-32°C
humidity: 50-70%
Size: female ~6-7cm
male ~6-7cm
Food: Nearly all kind of prey they can crush down. Crickets, locusts, katydid, beetles, butterflies moths etc.
Enclousure size: 20x20x40
Habitat: Prohierodula occurs in the subtropical and tropical areas of Cameroon
Omomantis zebrata, Charpentier, 1843
origin: Southafrica
temperature: 24-32°C
humidity: 50-70%
Size: females ~7-8cm
males ~6-7cm
Food: Prefer flying insects ( Flies, Bees, Butterflies, Moths) but also can handle Roaches, Crickets
Enclousure size: 20x20x40
Habitat: Not much known about their habitat
Asiadodis yunnanensis
origin: China
temperature: 20-28°C
humidity: 60-100%
Size: female ~6-7cm
males ~5-6cm
Food: Prefer flying insects ( Flies, Bees, Butterflies, Moths) but also can handle Roaches and small locusts
Enclousure size: 30x30x30
Habitat: Asiadodis occurs in the tropical rainforest of yunnan, china. They also need different seasons
Ceratocrania macra, Westwood, 1889
Camelomantis penangica, Giglio-Tos, 1917
Cilnia humeralis, Saussure, 1871