Kick*ss Ciliata Mantis!

[Fcamdog]

I found this guy out hunting on the reef flats...

 

[Fcamdog]

The picture...

 

[Fcamdog]

Another picture...

 

[biomekanic]

OT: E. scolopes

OT: E. scolopes

Hey there Fcamdog, since you're in Hawaii, have you run into these guys:

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/tcp/Escolopes.html

there's a number of people over on the ceph list (including me) looking for them, but no one can find a source. I've tried talking to collectors there and not heard word one back. would a fishing lisence let you collect these guys and overnight them back here to the states?

 

[Angel*Fish]

It looks dead

 

[Fcamdog]

He's alive, was just sitting still, like a nice mantis!

 

[ISFRAEL]

hey fcam

that mantis would have awesome campflauge on a nice sandy bottom. how did you see that?

 

[Fcamdog]

Movement...and lots of practice looking for them. He was one of about 4 I tried to catch early last evening.