Lets see those Mantis Pictures

[Alex]

Well I think I will take the fish out later. But the fish swim less than an inch from him now and I know he cn still grab them with his inner claws but I have not seen if yet. So only time will tell what happens.

Alex

 

[HILL]

Here's my Dutch Mantis

 

[HILL]

And another picture.

 

[Jared Cooper]

Nice pictures HILL!! good shot of the clubs

 

[racer340]

this is all I see of mine...

 

[racer340]

same animal grabbing a silverside.just a grabbed frame from a video i made

 

[kalim]

pretty good looking spearer, racer. Lysiosquilla maculata?

 

[jsronce]

Can anyone identify this mantis? It's a tiny 1.5" smasher that came out of live rock at the LFS. It's dark greenish-grey. I've only seen his front half, so the only unusual characteristics I can give you are the spots on his raptorial appendages (he has a lot of them).

If anyone can even give me hints on what to look for to ID him, I'd appreciate it. (Although I doubt he'll come all the way out of his hole anytime soon.)

Jennifer

 

[JEMichael IV]

Here are some pictures of my Mantis and my Tank which I recently plumbed into my main reef showtank. I am not exactly sure what kind he/she is so maybe someone can help me out These are the pictures I took before I left on my vacation. I will post more when I get back. (got a better digi cam out here in vegas with all the money I won !!)

 

[Jared Cooper]

JE-
That is a beautiful mantis!!! I believe it is a G. Smithii, which I have been looking for ever since I got into mantis keeping. If you ever decide to sell it, I'd pay you for it. Or I'd trade my peacock mantis for it. You lucky dog you. Here are some pics of smithii from Dr. Roy's site

 

[JEMichael IV]

Hi Jared, thanks. I love this little shrimp! I have had it for almost 2 years now. I would like to know if it is a female or a male or if it is actually a G. Smithii.

I just recently ordered my Peacock Mantis from FFExpress along with clams and acros. Will be hear on Wed. Getting ready to drill 2nd eclipse 6 to share water with main tank tomorrow so I can keep him.

 

[DreamScape]

that's g.smithii?

i believe i'll be getting a couple of those.

~2.5 inches in length.

 

[DreamScape]

double post

 

[Scotty]

I have a 2 inch g smithii. It don't look nothin' like that! I don't think that's Mr. Smith. We'll have to check with the doctor on this one. That's one beautiful bug. I want to get a positive ID so's I can hunt one down. As if that would help somehow...

 

[Scotty]

More pics please!

More pics please!

I don't think you mentioned, how big is that bug? And what does the telson (tail) look like?
To determine the sex. Get a look at the underside of the beast and look between the last pair of walking legs. Two gonopores(penises), one from the base of each leg, hang down and almost touch in the middle. You can't miss em'. If you do, it's a girl.
What a beauty. What do you feed?

 

[Gonodactylus]

JEMichaeIV's animal is not G. smithii. It is a male Gonodactylaceus ternatensis. I've worked on this animal in Phuket and a couple of years ago got a very large male from an importer from Bali. That animal was over 12 cm, the largest gonodactylid ever recorded. Friends tell me that this species is occasionally found on the the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef. I plan to spend a few months there next year working on it (if I can find them). Every time I have seen this species in the field, it is living in live coral. They literally chip away the branches chopping a hole into the center of the colony. I know of no other stomatopod that does this. Females look just like males except that the antennal scales and uropods are orange instead of blue.

Roy