Bad Hitch Hicker Caught

[mderise]

OK I caught him. What is he and who wants him.

 

[Pea-brain]

He is a Gonodactylus Ternatensis, (I'm almost positive) And are you willing to ship? I know someone who is very interested

 

[Pea-brain]

On closer inspection, if it is a ternatensis, it is a female

 

[mderise]

Yes I can ship

 

[Pea-brain]

I call dibs! lol Let me talk to the person. I should be able to get hold of him by tomorrow....

 

[infalible-one]

could you try to get a clear full body picture of the mantis, so i could get a positive ID of the mantis
far as i can tell. it is a ternatensis

 

[Pea-brain]

PM sent

 

[infalible-one]

i sent mine first

 

[Ms. K]

Are you sure it's a ternatensis??? Those dactyls look, to me, more like a G. smithii than a ternatensis. What color are his meral spots? These are the spots on the inside of his "elbows". If you can get him to do a defensive spread and show you the inside of his punching arms, look at the spot. The color is an identifying characteristic.

 

[Ms. K]

Check out this link... http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthro...acostraca/royslist/species.php?name=g_smithii

 

[Pea-brain]

It is possible but rare for smithii to have the red stripes. thats why I said ternatensis. Also the uropods are orange, which indicates it is a female ternatensis. I belive it is just more likely to be a ternatensis, although smithii is a possibility. Do you know where the LR came from?

 

[Thurge]

The blue dactyls reminds me of Neogonodactylus curacaoensis.

 

[infalible-one]

it's unlikely

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthro...aca/royslist/species.php?name=n_curacaoensis.

go here and see why

 

[infalible-one]

if you can tell us what color (or better yet get a picture of it) the meral spot is, than a positive I.D. can definately be found.

 

[mderise]

I can y later today to get better pics. The spot I think is blak with yellow.

 

[mderise]

Oh I forgot, it came from Jakarta

 

[mderise]

here are a few more pics

 

[infalible-one]

if it's from Jakarta, it may be a ternatensis, but because of the meral spot it could be something else
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthro...traca/royslist/species.php?name=g_ternatensis
if it seems anything like this than it's a ternatensis
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthro...acostraca/royslist/species.php?name=g_smithii
if it's like this it's a smithii.
if none than browse the site until you find a close match.

 

[Hutton]

it looks like a smithii to me because of the smasher coloring, the pinkish heel is what reminds me of my old smithii

 

[Ms. K]

The blue coloring with the yellow border and opposing pink edge looks just like the pictures on Dr. Roy's ID site. I think it is a G. smithii. When you say black and yellow spots, could it possibly be dark purple spots with a white border? That might look black/yellow under poor lighting.