Looking for mantis

[soapple91]

I am searching for any of the following stomatopods. If you have any please leave me a msg. I am looking for the following:

Cloridopsis dubia

Gonodactlylaceus teratensis

Hemisquilla Californiensis

Odontodactylus cultrifer

Odontodactylus latirostris

- If u have one and are looking to sell it, plz send me pics and info to ma email at p0po0101@yahoo.com

- Regards toward shipping.. i live in Cerritos California



Jonathan

 

[Pea-brain]

H. californiensis can be bought in fish markets. they are sold once a year i believe.

I gotte say that they are an incredibly bad stomatopod to own. The longest anyone has kept them is like 1 year, and that was in a lab. They get some inexplicable fungus infection EVERY TIME in Dr. Roy's lab (to my knowledge). They also need a 90 gallon tank.

You won't find O. cultrifer. They are very rare and even if you do find one I would recommend giving it to Dr. Roy. He has been looking for them for a while and he was willing to trade one for a stomatopod from his lab I believe (assuming the specimen wasn't currently being used for research)

I've never seen a C. dubia for sale. Wouldn't be a very active species anyways.

If you want O. latirostris you might as well include O. havenensis. They are very similar in many ways.

Dan

 

[Pea-brain]

O, and you can get O. havenensis from sealifeinc.net . Stomatopod.com has had O. latirostris in the past.

Dan

 

[justinl]

just to add, H. californiensis needs a coldwater tank as well. I would suggest G. ternatensis for you. O. havanensis can be a great mantis but is sensitive to water quality, especially dissolved oxygen. But if you have that down, then I would probably go for an O. hav myself.

 

[DanInSD]

I must say, this is a rather odd collection. What inspired interest in these particular mantis?

I saw a C. dubia at the LFS. I arranged to get it shipped to Dr. Roy for an ID. This is the specimen on the Roy's List page for this species.

Dan

 

[soapple91]

Well i just wanted to raise some unique stomatopods. If i can find any of the ones i am looking for, i have a 125gal tank that i cant set up in a decent amount of time to house it. Im just looking for more stomatopods to raise if anything. I really find joy in raising ma peacock. Its rather shy, yet still loveable and im hoping all the stomatopods i come to raise or like that.

Jonathan

 

[Diet Plain]

All mantis have different personalities, so hoping they are all somewhat alike could be dissapointing. Still I find that it's more fun to have different personalities with each one you get, brings more intrigue. GL finding the mantis you are looking for.