Praying mantis
Hierodula membranacea
Also called mantis.
Needs height to moult, about three times its own length. Always alone.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 9 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 15 L, at least 20 cm long
- Temperature
- 24 to 30 °C
- Humidity
- 50 to 70%
- Kept in
- ones or pairs
- Temperament
- aggressive
- Eats
- live insects
- Swims
- near the bottom
- How hard
- moderate
- Lives
- about 1 years
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether praying mantis fit the tank you have.