Devil's flower mantis

Post by **Donald** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:49 pm

Enjoy some more voices Nafe.

Terrible video but one I found in the house in Italy over the summer

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Not long after I came home wifey was still out there and it had almost doubled in size and turned green.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:50 pm

I did the exact same thing with this little fella!

I rescued him from pool behind (Twas in Italy). He was quite attached to me after that

Apologies for the naff picture quality, Stace was shitting a brick!

(No she wasn't, but I thought it sounded funny.)

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:52 pm

where the hell are you from Donald? I didn't understand a damn word you said!!!

Post by **Donald** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:53 pm

We are too cool.
Praying Mantisdem init.

I am English born and bred son.

Post by **Donald** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:31 pm

Yeah I'm still on about this

Managed to convince her that we can get one

she gave me a full on speech though "I'm having nothing to do with it... don't ever ask me to do anything... if it escapes I'll kill you..."

@Nafe: Whereabouts did you go?

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:37 pm

Donald wrote:she gave me a full on speech though "I'm having nothing to do with it... don't ever ask me to do anything... if it escapes I'll kill you..."

Unless it kills her first

I'm still here... Always here

That one's amazing! It's wings, are both the tops like that and both the undersides different? Or is each wing different?

Post by **Donald** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:50 pm

The two swirly ones up up are the same, just slightly translucent, so the one nearest to the camera is viewed from the underside, and the furthest is actually the outside. If that makes sense?

So two tops are the same and the two bottoms are the same

this guy's pictures are amazing: this should explain what I mean

Just deciding what kind... torn between the above, a spiny flower or the devil's flower from before... then there's a multitude of other really neat looking species

just depends what's available in the country really! They send these things in the post yknow

The males are the main displaying ones, but are quite a bit smaller than the females.(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs11/i/2006/ ... ropsis.jpg)

I have til summertime to decide, too cold to be dealing with trying to regulate temperatures properly at the moment, summertime I'll be able to afford a proper setup.

Post by **Donald** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:52 pm

NafemanNathan wrote:I'm still here... Always here

I meant in Italy

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:10 pm

Donald wrote:The two swirly ones up up are the same, just slightly translucent, so the one nearest to the camera is viewed from the underside, and the furthest is actually the outside. If that makes sense?

Yep, kind of what I meant by "are both the tops like that and both the undersides different?" but worded poorly

I like the Devil's Flower best, the Spiny Flower's got a big ass!

Donald wrote:
NafemanNathan wrote:I'm still here... Always here
I meant in Italy

Oh!

Went to Napoli. Bit of a jobby hole to be honest though

Post by **Donald** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:26 pm

Most of Italy's cities are shitholes

Political graffiti everywhere, poor public services and largely the cities aren't that tourist friendly, despite catering for tourists. If you don't speak Italian, no matter how polite you are you are not good enough. That's what I've found generally.

At least you went to the birthplace of pizza