Can you ID my new guy?

[Emerald]

I got this mantis from some gulfview FL rock. Can you give me a guess?
Thanks!

 

[Emerald]

and another

 

[R33f3r]

red smasher?

 

[Gonodactylus]

It is a female Neogonodactylus wennerae.

Roy

 

[Emerald]

Thank you Roy. How do you know its a female?

 

[Emerald]

Is it likely she will change color?
Thanks again!

 

[Gonodactylus]

Almost all of the "red" (actually rusty orange) N. wennerae that I have seen from Florida have been females. There is a good chance that if she is keep under broad spectrum (day light) lighting she will turn green in one or two molts.

Roy