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Name latin Tamolanica tamolana
Systematics Super-Order Dictyoptera
Order Mantodea
Family Mantodea
Subfamily Mantinae
Tribe Paramantini
First Description Author BRANCSIK
Year 1897
Size

Quotation of Size

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

Male ca. 7,5cm
Female ca. 8cm
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 adult: 2 months/ ~ 10 moltings
Female ~ 10 moltings
Sexing

Sexing

Morphologically differences between male and female.

Male L5 and above: just by counting the abdominal- segments (8 segments)
adult: s. larvae, smaller and thinner than females
Female L5 and above: just by counting the abdominal- segments (6 segments)
adult: s. larvae, more compact and bigger than male
Spreading Papua New Guinea
Australia
Australia
Habitat bushes, shrubbes, trees
Aggressiveness high
Colorvariants different shades of brown
Hint This species is very aggressive, even males have to be single- kept.

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