Description
This species of Ground Mantis (Amorphoscelidae) is found in the Roxby Downs region of SA on the sand and Tussock grasses. The body of adult females is wingless and has a marmorated grey pattern while the legs are reddish and therefore blend into the red sand, this makes the body appear like a dry piece of grass or twig. Adult males are smaller and thinner and possess small, dark wings that cover about 1/4th-1/3rd of the abdomen. We recommend mostly dry red desert sand as substrate with some fairly moist sphagnum moss as a clump (up to lid height if using an enclosure about 10×10) as a source of water and a spot to perch. These mantises grow to about 18mm in length.
*sold as unsexed juveniles/adults*
Jeremy Doherty (verified owner) –