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Live praying mantis for sale.
Captive-bred. Small batches. US shipping.

Every mantis is hatched and raised here. Care support included with every order. Live arrival guaranteed on Priority Overnight shipping.

Available mantises

Live captive-bred · raised in Las Vegas
6 ITEMS
A pink-and-white Orchid Mantis perched on a leaf, its petal-shaped limbs splayed in a flower-mimicking pose.
INTERMED.
Orchid Mantis
$80
Hymenopus coronatus
The world's most photogenic mantis. Pink-and-white petal-mimicking limbs, native to Southeast Asian rainforests. Sought after globally for stunning visual displays.
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A Ghost Mantis in profile, its body and limbs textured like a dried leaf with a forked head crest.
BEGINNER
Ghost Mantis
$30
Phyllocrania paradoxa
The best "first exotic mantis." Leaf-mimicking camouflage, low cannibalism, and tolerant of typical room conditions. Long-lived for a mantis.
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A Spiny Flower Mantis with two yellow-and-black eyespot markings on its wings, set against a dark background.
BEGINNER
Spiny Flower Mantis
$40
Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Walking artwork. Two yellow-and-black eyespots on the wings flash open in a deimatic display that startles predators. Beginner-friendly with a showstopping threat pose.
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A Dead Leaf Mantis with a wide shield-shaped pronotum, body patterning resembling a torn, withered leaf.
INTERMED.
Dead Leaf Mantis
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Deroplatys gorochovi
A walking torn leaf. Wide shield-shaped pronotum, deimatic death-feign defense, and stunning patterning. The species that proves nature is the best costume designer.
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An African Twig Mantis camouflaged on a slender branch, its bark-textured body nearly invisible against the wood.
BEGINNER
African Twig Mantis
$45
Popa spurca
If you've never kept a mantis, start here. Bark-textured camouflage, will chase its food, tolerates dry indoor air, and lives a full year. The forgiving exotic.
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A female Double Shield Mantis nymph with mottled coloration and a distinctive double-pinched pronotum.
BEGINNER
Double Shield Mantis
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Pnigomantis medioconstricta
The aggressive eater. Stocky, mottled, with a uniquely constricted "double shield" pronotum and bright blue inner-arm markings. For keepers who want a mantis with attitude.
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Isopods

Cleanup crews and display colonies
8 ITEMS
A Rubber Ducky isopod (Cubaris sp. "Rubber Ducky") — a macro of its yellow-and-orange "duck bill" face against a dark, glossy body.
Rubber Ducky Isopods
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Cubaris sp. "Rubber Ducky"
The isopod that made the hobby mainstream. A slow-breeding tropical Cubaris with a yellow-and-grey face pattern that reads like a rubber duck — a display colony, not a cleanup crew.
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A Panda King isopod (Cubaris sp. "Panda King") — a macro of its high-contrast black-and-white body.
Panda King Isopods
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Cubaris sp. "Panda King"
High-contrast black-and-white tropical Cubaris. A slow-breeding display colony for keepers who want the boldest-looking isopod in the room, not a working cleanup crew.
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Frosty Gator isopods (Reductoniscus tuberculatus) — a small tropical isopod with a heavily tuberculate, ridged shell.
Frosty Gator Isopods
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Reductoniscus tuberculatus
A small tropical isopod with a heavily ridged, tuberculate shell — the texture is the whole appeal. Compact, slow, and better suited to a display bin than a working cleanup crew.
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Cherry Blossom isopods (Cubaris sp. "Cherry Blossom") — a tropical display isopod with soft pink-and-cream coloration.
Cherry Blossom Isopods
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Cubaris sp. "Cherry Blossom"
A soft pink-and-cream tropical Cubaris — one of the prettier display isopods in the hobby. A slow-breeding colony for looks, not a working cleanup crew.
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Zebra isopods (Armadillidium maculatum) — a black-and-white striped pill isopod on leaf litter.
Zebra Isopods
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Armadillidium maculatum
A hardy black-and-white pill isopod kept for its bold striping. The easiest isopod we carry — a forgiving display colony that rolls into a ball when disturbed.
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Spiky Pineapple isopods (Cristarmadillidium muricatum) — a spiny, textured pill isopod on limestone.
Spiky Pineapple Isopods
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Cristarmadillidium muricatum
A spiny, sculptural roller from the limestone hills of the Mediterranean. Kept drier than a tropical Cubaris — a display colony with real texture.
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Bumble Bee isopods (Cubaris sp. "Bumblebee") — a black-and-yellow banded tropical pill isopod on leaf litter.
Bumble Bee Isopods
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Cubaris sp. "Bumblebee"
A black-and-yellow banded tropical Cubaris, kept purely for looks. A slow, humidity-loving display colony for keepers who want a standout jar.
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White Ducky isopods (Cubaris sp. "White Ducky") — a pale, duck-billed tropical pill isopod on leaf litter.
White Ducky Isopods
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Cubaris sp. "White Ducky"
The pale cousin of the Rubber Ducky — same duck-billed profile, ghost-white coloring. A slow, advanced tropical Cubaris kept as a premium display colony.
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Springtails

Bioactive cleanup crews — mould and mildew control
5 ITEMS
A Tropical White springtail culture — a vented cup of moist media with a dense population of small white springtails on the surface.
Tropical White Springtails
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Coecobrya sp.
The workhorse cleanup crew. A fast-breeding tropical springtail that eats mould and fungus in a bioactive enclosure — establishes in weeks, not months, and never needs buying twice.
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A Thai Red springtail (Lobella sp.) — a tiny bright red-pink springtail on decaying leaf litter.
Thai Red Springtails
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Lobella sp.
A red-orange springtail from Thailand kept as a display culture rather than a workhorse. Slower and more temperature-sensitive than Tropical Whites, and far more visible.
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An Orange springtail (Yuukianura aphoruroides) — a bright orange springtail on decaying leaf litter.
Orange Springtails
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Yuukianura aphoruroides
A bright orange cleanup springtail — the same fast, mould-eating workhorse as the white cultures, just far easier to see against dark substrate.
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Red Thai Spiky springtails (Rambutanura sp.) — a red, spiny, non-jumping springtail on damp wood.
Red Thai Spiky Springtails
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Rambutanura sp.
A rare red, genuinely spiny springtail kept as a display oddity — not a cleanup crew. Non-jumping and a specialist feeder, for collectors who want something unusual.
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Vietnam Spiky springtails (Rambutanura sp.) — a spiny, non-jumping display springtail on damp wood.
Vietnam Spiky Springtails
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Rambutanura sp.
A rare spiny, non-jumping display springtail from Vietnam — a specialist feeder kept as an oddity, not a cleanup crew. For experienced culture keepers.
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Feeders & food

Fruit fly cultures and starter packs
4 ITEMS
A Lobo Mantis D. hydei flightless fruit fly culture — 32 oz deli cup with the black Fruit Fly Culture label (species, large flightless strain, batch, medium, care) and active flies on the excelsior.
D. Hydei
$15
Drosophila hydei
Live D. hydei flightless fruit flies. The larger of the two common feeder fly species — best for L3+ mantis nymphs, dart frogs, jumping spiders, and reptiles that need a substantial soft-bodied feeder.
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A Lobo Mantis D. melanogaster flightless fruit fly culture — 32 oz deli cup with the black Fruit Fly Culture label (species, small flightless strain, batch, medium, care) and active flies on the excelsior.
D. Melanogaster
$15
Drosophila melanogaster
Live D. melanogaster flightless fruit flies. The smaller of the two feeder fly species — the right size for L1–L2 mantis nymphs, jumping spider slings, dart frog froglets, and other small predators.
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Blue bottle fly spikes (larvae) — a large soft-bodied feeder for larger mantises and reptiles.
Blue Bottle Spikes
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Calliphora vomitoria
Large soft-bodied fly larvae, ready to feed out. Blue bottle spikes are the next-size-up feeder when your mantis or reptile has outgrown fruit flies — protein-dense, hydrating, and easy to dust with calcium.
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Green bottle fly spikes (larvae) — a medium-sized soft-bodied feeder for growing mantises and reptiles.
Green Bottle Spikes
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Lucilia sericata
Medium-sized soft-bodied fly larvae. Green bottle spikes are a half-step between fruit flies and blue bottles — right-sized for sub-adult mantises and small-to-medium reptiles that need more substance than a fruit fly.
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Enclosures & setup

Sized to your mantis — not "one box fits all"
1 ITEM
Mantis keeping supplies including ventilated enclosures.
Enclosure
$28
Enclosures & Accessories
Everything you need to house and care for your mantis. Ventilated enclosures sized for nymphs through adults, ready to set up out of the box.
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Care supplies

Misting, heat, humidity control
1 ITEM
A fine-mist spray bottle for misting mantis enclosures.
Misting Bottle
$10
Husbandry Tool
A fine-mist spray bottle sized for daily mantis husbandry. The right droplet size matters — too coarse and your nymphs get hit with water bombs, too fine and humidity doesn't actually rise.
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Compare species head-to-head

Torn between two? See them side by side — size, care, lifespan.
Orchid Mantis vs Ghost Mantis Orchid Mantis vs Spiny Flower Mantis Orchid Mantis vs Dead Leaf Mantis Orchid Mantis vs African Twig Mantis Orchid Mantis vs Double Shield Mantis Ghost Mantis vs Spiny Flower Mantis Ghost Mantis vs Dead Leaf Mantis Ghost Mantis vs African Twig Mantis Ghost Mantis vs Double Shield Mantis Spiny Flower Mantis vs Dead Leaf Mantis Spiny Flower Mantis vs African Twig Mantis Spiny Flower Mantis vs Double Shield Mantis Dead Leaf Mantis vs African Twig Mantis Dead Leaf Mantis vs Double Shield Mantis African Twig Mantis vs Double Shield Mantis

Lobo Mantis is a one-person breeding operation in Las Vegas, and every praying mantis for sale here was hatched and raised in-house — never wild-caught, never imported. That means animals that arrive healthy, parasite-free, and feeding, with a known age and lineage, plus a breeder who answers your care questions after the sale.

The range stays focused on captive-bred display and beginner species — Ghost, Orchid, Spiny Flower, Dead Leaf, African Twig, and Double Shield — alongside feeder cultures and bioactive cleanup crews to keep them thriving. Stock moves in small batches: if a species reads sold out, it's simply between breeding cycles, and you can join its waitlist for the next hatch.