id request!

[T-T-Trigger]

havent kept a mantis for awhile but found this guy for sale - what do you all think he is?

thx for looking

 

[Gonodactylus]

Do you know if it is Caribbean or Indo-Pacific?

What color are the meral spots?

ROy

 

[T-T-Trigger]

im pretty sure indo-pacific - will have to check merals when I feed today.

 

[Gonodactylus]

Look for a faint reddish streak along the anterior edge of a white meral spot.

This may be G. viridis.

Roy

 

[T-T-Trigger]

ok i'll check for the red - looks like white merals though, i just took a video (easier than snapping a pic) will sift through it for usable info...

thx roy

 

[T-T-Trigger]

This is the best still photo I could get, cannot get close enough for long enough to see red or not.

 

[T-T-Trigger]

here is a short video


you tube mantis

 

[T-T-Trigger]

BUMP - does the above video help with ID roy?

 

[TrappedMetal]

.the male chiagra i have has white meral spots - not sure if this is the ame species though - wait for roy to confirm what he thinks it is.

 

[Gonodactylus]

My guess, if it is from the Indo-Pacific, is G. viridis. The color pattern and telson don't look like G. chiragra.

Roy

 

[T-T-Trigger]

ok thx.

and if caribbean, then it would be n. wennerae I assume?

 

[Gonodactylus]

No, the telson is more similar to N. oerstedii, but they have purple meral spots.

Roy

 

[T-T-Trigger]

Roy - I found thin red circles around the white merals! he finally gave me a good look.



Oh, and I also found out...


ITS A BOY!!!!!!!!