Product Description

Dead Leaf Mantis

Derplatys gorochovi

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They perfectly imitate dead leaves, with colors from dark to light gray, often with pinkish hues and leaf-like vein patterns. Known for their leaf-like bodies, brown coloration, and defensive displays, including wing flashes with eye spots. This species is native to Southern VIetnam

CARE AND STORAGE

This species needs lots of space to climb about and be able to moult.  The suggested dimensions are 3 times the mantis length for the cage height, and 2 times its length for the cage width.  Keep them between 75 to 85°F.  Overheating is the usual cause of this species death.  Humidity is best at 60 to 80% which is needed for them to moult properly.  Keeping coco coir or wood chip substrate and spraying it several times weekly will maintain humidity.

If you are keeping your praying mantis as pets, you will need to give them food as soon as they arrive.   Flightless fruit flies, available on our website, are an excellent choice to feed your young mantis.  When they grow older, they can eat all sorts of different foods and attack anything 1/3 it's body size or smaller.  Anything from worms to crickets, to even flies and Dubia!  Also, misting of the interior of their enclosure is needed every 1 to 2 days for adequate hydration.  For flies, you can buy our spikes and let them pupate into a bluebottle fly which they love!

For watering, mantises get their water from their prey so no additional watering is needed except from spraying the tank…and occasionally, a mantis will drink off of droplets from a branch or a side of the tank.