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[03.07.14]

Male moulted to '???'th instar (Pre-subadult)
Moulting interval: '???' days, (First time he moulted since I got him)

Current stadia of the two nymphs:
Female: '???'th instar (Subadult)
Male: '???'th instar (Pre-subadult)

Pics:
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr

[04.07.14]

Subadult female

Pics:

Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr

[09.07.14]

Subadult female 'posing'.

Pics:

IMG_8123 by darkrai283, on Flickr
IMG_8124 by darkrai283, on Flickr

[14.07.14]

The Subadult female's wingbuds are starting to swell up.

Pics:

Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr

[16.07.14]

Subadult female's threat pose.

Pics:

Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr

[19.07.14]

R.I.P
The female tried to moult to adult from a low space near the floor of the enclosure.

[20.07.14]

Male moulted to '???'th instar (Subadult)
Moulting interval: 17 days

Current stadia of the two nymphs:
Female: *deceased*
Male: '???'th instar (Subadult)

Pics:

Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr

[23.07.14]

Replacement subadult female sourced and arrived today.
...
...
Subadult male eating a male B. lateralis.

Pics:

Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr

[28.07.14]

Here are two pics of the new subadult female 'hiding' from me. She is about half a centimeter smaller than my previous one and much duller but she is still beautiful. :crazy:

Pics:

Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr

[06.08.14]

The subadult male's wingbuds are starting to swell up.

Pics:

Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr




[07.08.14]

Still swelling!

Pics:

Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr




[08.08.14]

Very plump.

Pics:

IMG_8545 by darkrai283, on Flickr
IMG_8543 by darkrai283, on Flickr

[11.08.14]

Moulting pics... he fell halfway through so I had to hang him on a bramble thorn. His legs are bowed and all of his tarsi were eaten apart from one so he cannot climb or hang onto any surfaces.

Pics:

Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr

[12.08.14]

Leaving for Paris for 3 days from today. Woke up at 3am to find my first ever Sphodromantis sp. with proper 'night-eyes'.

Pics:

Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr

[15.08.14]

Came back today from holiday in France to find that the female had moulted to adult!
Whoo...
A bit gutted though as she turned out to be a pretty small individual. Around the same size as my previous subadult green female.

Pics:

Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr

[16.08.14]

Pics of adult female and male... and a sexy looking exuvia.

Pics:

Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr


Exuvia:

Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr

People often ask if the Sphodromantis they have is either S. viridis or S. lineola (Currently the two most common Sphodromantis spp. in culture here in the UK).

The most obvious difference is the number of white dots/spots that can be seen on the front/inside of their coxa... S. lineola have many small white dots while S. viridis on the other hand has 3 large, distinct spots as can be seen in this image by precarious333:
http://precarious333.deviantart.com/art ... -439285524

Another way to differentiate a S. viridis (left) from a S. lineola (right) is to look at the shape of their pronotum.
S. viridis' pronotum suddenly 'retracts' after the 'main shield' (no clue on the terminology here ) while it is much smoother up to the wings from the 'main shield' in S. lineola.

*I took the image of S. lineola from google BTW, then drew in the lines. I did NOT take the photo of the lineola*

My viridis:

10603264_934820296544824_3195474074415506035_n by darkrai283, on Flickr

Lineola:

10565219_934820319878155_3729879017740968601_n by darkrai283, on Flickr