Matriarch

NB: not captive. Seen in a wild reserve close to where I live.

 

I believe this mantis is a female and perhaps pregnant. I see them at this time of year producing their ootheca (an egg mass). Her abdomen is swollen with her precious cargo.

 

Specifically, Pseudomantis albofimbriata.

 

60 mm length.

 

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