Creobroter
elongata
gemmatus
pictipennis
general
keeping
breeding
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Name latin Creobroter pictipennis
english Asian Flower Mantis
IGM-Number 11
Systematics Super-Order Dictyoptera
Order Mantodea
Family Hymenopodidae
Subfamily Hymenopodinae
Tribe Hymenopodini
First Description Author WOOD-MASON
Year 1878
Size

Quotation of Size

The given size is measured from the head to the end of the abdomen, without the wings.

Male ca. 3cm
Female ca. 4cm
Lifespan

Quotation of the Lifespan

The lifespan is given in month and has the following definition:

overall-age ("time between hatching and imago" + "lifespan after the last molting")

Example: 9 (2 + 7) month lifespan
overall-age = 9 month
time between hatching and imago = 2 month
lifespan after the last molting = 7 month

Male ca. 5.5 (2.5 + 3) months / ~ 6 moltings
Female ca. 9 (3 + 6) months / ~ 7 moltings
Sexing

Sexing

Morphologically differences between male and female.

Male L5 and above: by counting the abdomial segments at the bottom of the abdomen (8 segments), the base of the antenna is thicker than the antenna of the female
adult: the wings are longer than the abdomen, a more thin body than the female, otherwise by counting the segments
Female L5 and above: only counting the abdomial segments at the bottom of the abdomen (6 segments), the base of the antenna is as thick as the whole antenna
adult: big abdomen, the wings are not longer than then the abdomen, otherwise by counting the segments
Spreading India and near islands
Asia
Asia
Habitat bushes
inhabits damp areas
Aggressiveness middle
Colorvariants green to brown/ red- brown,
Hint nymphs will assume the color of the habitat (if possible)
do not keep them too wet

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