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Stagmatoptera hyaloptera.
Mating of this species is long, takes about 20 hours. Note that the female is shown with a prey, in picture # 5 appears another female in the right corner. I couldn´t see the end...
Spotted on Mar 8, 2012
Submitted on Sep 14, 2012
5 Comments
It is a very harsh world for mantid males isn't it. A species here gets the head bitten off BEFORE mating !! 8-]
Hi Argy! Thanks for your comment. I think that the male dies after the mating. I didn´t see it because the mating takes about 20 hours. I read that in this kind of mantid the female is very aggresive and the male only can get close to her while it is feeding.
Nice set of pics. That is one fat mantid. Do you know if the male dies after or during mating?
Thank you Ashish for your appreciation, this plant is a very good camouflage for this species‼
Lovely capture... the background is make little puzzle in identifying your Organism... wonderful spotting...!!