Description
The Giant Rainforest Mantis Hierodula majuscula is one of Australia’s largest Mantis species, and makes a great pet for the home, office or classroom!
All of our specimens are Captively bred and reared by us in our Blue Mountains Bug Lab!
All of our specimens are 100% Disease and Parasite-free.
All specimens come with Basic Care Sheet and ongoing email consultancy.
Please note, you may receive a brown specimen. This is quite normal. Specimens will be green once they have gone through their final molt. Some may be golden yellow, or a little pinkish or orange!
These insects are Harmless but not recommended for young children. Handling must be limited.
Not included: Regular live food supply, enclosure, heating, substrate etc.
Environmental Requirements:
Tropical Rainforest Setup including;
– high humidity (70-90%)
– regular live food such as appropriately-sized crickets
– furniture for perching such as wood, plants or cuttings. Fern is ideal!
– moist substrate such as cocoa peat.
– ambient temperature range of 20-30C.
Please note:
We ship live animals on Mondays (or Tuesdays if Monday is a public holiday).
The cut-off for shipment is Midnight Saturday Night. You must order prior to this time to have your order shipped on the following Monday.
Only Shipping to Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic and SA, Australia. We do not ship to WA, Tasmania or NT.
If you would like to delay the shipment of your animals, please let us know your preferred shipping date via email.
If you have any other enquiries about livestock, care advice etc, email is the best point of contact.
