ID this mantis (56k warning)

[chunksofpoooo]

First off, sorry about the large size of the pic.


From the pics it looks like a spearer, possibly a Lysiosquillid, might be a gono. though. Tell me what you think, i cant see the dactyls or i might be able to tell myself. I have no idea whether its a spearer or smasher

 

[twocoloreyes]

um, yeah, your pictures arent really working. i highly doubt that its a lysiosquillid though.

 

[chunksofpoooo]

http://img134.exs.cx/img134/2183/big27ql.jpg

http://img134.exs.cx/img134/6153/big10la.jpg

hopefully those links work. Tell me if they dont and ill try to insert the whole image (its rather large, thats why i dont want too)

 

[dave2184]

Hard to tell. Could you get a few pics of it in a container that doesn't distort the image as much?

 

[chunksofpoooo]

Ill ask the dude for some more pics

the only reason i dont think its a N. Wennerae is because of the shape of the eyes, i thought wennerae have more circular eyes? That and because Gonodactylaceus have those oblong eyes.

thanks for the replies

 

[Gonodactylus]

N. wennerae

Roy

 

[sdm]

gonodactylids have oblong eyes (i.e.; N.wennerae, G. smithii, etc.), larger Odontodactylus have round eyes. Spearers (typically) have "flattened" eyes.

 

[thrlride]

That's one ugly little guy! lol