Mantis

Malaysian Mantids. All photographed in Malaysia (both Peninsual and East Malaysia i.e Borneo). Mostly by me unless otherwise stated. 

Metallyticus splendidus(?) mantis nymph






Hiding...


Orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) nymph


Orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) nymph, younger instar.


Portraits of a beautiful Asian Flower Mantis, Theopropus elegans.


Asian Flower Mantis, Theopropus elegans.


Asian Flower Mantis, Theopropus elegans.


However, the prettiest Asian Flower Mantis (Theopropus elegans) I have ever seen was the one found in Danum Valley.



Right place at the right time. Backlit shot of a molting Banded Flower Mantis nymph (Theopropus elegans). Malaysia.


Giant Malaysian Shield Mantis (Rhombodera basalis), Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.


Giant asian mantis, Hierodula sp.




Parablepharis kuhlii kuhlii mantis (ID credit: dracus). Lupa Masa Jungle Camp, Poring, Sabah, East Malaysia (Borneo).


 Parablepharis kuhlii.


Parablepharis kuhlii kuhlii mantis (ID credit: dracus). Lupa Masa Jungle Camp, Poring, Sabah, East Malaysia (Borneo).

Acromantis formosana




Gimantis sp. or at least a close genus - ID suggested by Dracus


Tenodera sp.


Tenodera sp. female laying ootheca


Hapalopeza sp.?


Leptomantella sp. (?)


Adult Leptomantella sp.


Statilia maculata


Odontomantis micans



Female Odontomantis planiceps. ID credit: Timothy Ng.


Hapalopeza nitens


Haania sp. mantis


Haania sp. mantis


Creobroter sp.


Another Creobroter sp.


Creobroter sp.


Tropidomantis sp.


Tropidomantis sp.



Statilia sp.?


A gorgeous dead leaf mantis, Deroplatys truncata, from Maliau Basin.


Another shot of this beauty.


Another type of dead leaf mantis, Deroplatys sp.


A female Deroplatys lobata. Well camouflaged.






Female Deroplatys lobata. ID credit: Cain Eyre.




A male Deroplatys lobata


Nymph of a Dead Leaf Mantis (Deroplatys lobata?, female?), Peninsula Malaysia.


Dead Leaf Mantids (Deroplatys lobata). Two males on one female. Malaysia.


Male Deroplatys desiccata. ID credit: Stefan Engelhardt


Another type of dead leaf mantis, Deroplatys sp.


Deroplatys dessicata


Deroplatys dessicata


Big female Giant Dead-leaf Mantis (Deroplatys desiccata) we found at night in Lupa Masa Jungle Camp, Poring, Sabah, East Malaysia (Borneo).


Amorphoscelis sp.


Ephestiasula sp. boxer mantis


Ephestiasula sp. boxer mantis



Ephestiasula sp. boxer mantis


Amantis sp. nymph


Amantis sp.


Amantis sp., subfamily: Amelinae. No idea what was at the tip of its abomen.


A mating pair of Amantis sp. mantids. More bugs porn here.


Euchomenella sp., Malaysian Long Neck Mantis/Giraffe Mantis


Euchomenella sp., Malaysian Long Neck Mantis/Giraffe Mantis


Another Euchomenella sp.


Female Aetaella sp. ID credit: Dracus


Amazing Toxodera hauseri, feather mantis by my friend SideView.


Amazing Toxodera hauseri, feather mantis by my friend SideView.


Amazing Toxodera hauseri, feather mantis by my friend SideView.


Amazing Toxodera hauseri, feather mantis by my friend SideView.


Mantis nymph, Haania sp.