Can anyone tell what this one is?

[jaoconnor]

I know the picture isn't the best. I will try later and get a better shot of it after it calms down a little. It's a spearer, and he's kind of brown with like white/red speckles on it.

 

[jaoconnor]

Here's another one.

 

[jaoconnor]

Here's a better one

 

[Timmy]

Are you shure that this animal is a spearer?
It looks like a gonodactyloid to me.
Maybe Gonodactylellus viridis.

 

[jaoconnor]

Hopefully this is even better.

 

[Timmy]

Sorry, without a pic from the telson it's nearly impossible to identify.
Try to make some better pics.

Take a look at the meral spots on the raptorial appendages and tell me what color do you see.

 

[Timmy]

Thanks for the big pictures with your mail.

Now it's no problem to identify this mantis.
Take a look at the meral spots. They are white with red steaks around the periphery.
It is a Gonodactylellus viridis.

 

[jaoconnor]

Timmy,
Thank You so much that is way cool.

 

[Codeman00]

I thought you said it was a spearer! Where did you get the mantis from?

 

[jaoconnor]

I got him from my LFS and they said that he was a spearer, I wasn't sure and that is why I posted here trying for a positive ID. Who knows I'm not sure if it is a he or a she either.

 

[Timmy]

Take a look on the last pair of walking legs.
If you see two tubes it is a male.

 

[jaoconnor]

Oh Cool! Now to get him to stand still and take a look! :smokin: