Mantis babies?

[Phyllia131]

Probably not, but then what are these. <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g45/PhantomGreen131/mantis-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>They recently appeared in my p. cliata tank. I know the picture is bad but they are small and fast, I was lucky to get a shot. Are they like copapods? I have only had the mantis a few months so guess it is possible for hatchlings to just start showing up if she came in gravid.

 

[Diet Plain]

looks like a copepod or amphipod. not a mantis

 

[justinl]

+1. that aint no mantis

 

[flyguy7150]

Can someone post a pic of a baby mantis, I want to see what they look like please

 

[justinl]

scroll down a lil bit... you can see several stages leading to adulthood.

http://www.imagequest3d.com/pages/current/pictureoftheweek/stomatopod/stomatopod.htm

 

[Kati]

That site is very cool. I've never seen the larval stages of a mantis.

 

[Phyllia131]

So If I get them going good, can I put them in my reef refuge as food?

 

[styndall]

That's an amphipod. They're pretty neat to watch, sometimes. Speedy and agile little buggers, especially in rock where their splayed legs are best adapted for maneuvering.