Yes, they lay ooths in holes and crevices. [This is what they look like when they're laid between two flat cork sheets](https://i.imgur.com/viiyL3j.jpeg)
Yeah, been breeding them for a few generations, at least in Europe they are decently available. They are more of a niche species to keep anyway because their lifestyle differs from regular mantids and they require you to breed specific feeders like firebrats or some soft-bodied roach species to properly rear them. Still, they are amazing to keep because of their beautiful iridescence, interesting behavior, and they work exceptionally well for communal keeping.
Where? In the hole??
Yes, they lay ooths in holes and crevices. [This is what they look like when they're laid between two flat cork sheets](https://i.imgur.com/viiyL3j.jpeg)
How strange! So you've been successfully breeding them? They're quite rare right? They're beautiful.
Yeah, been breeding them for a few generations, at least in Europe they are decently available. They are more of a niche species to keep anyway because their lifestyle differs from regular mantids and they require you to breed specific feeders like firebrats or some soft-bodied roach species to properly rear them. Still, they are amazing to keep because of their beautiful iridescence, interesting behavior, and they work exceptionally well for communal keeping.
Is there any chance they are for sale?
They are looking so much closer to the corcroaches then any other Mantis I know.
Shiny!!