Mantis ID please :)

[El Zilcho]

Hey guys,

Got a little mantis for free from my LFS this morning, had a look through Roy's list but i cant narrow it down. Great little critter, ive been watching him on and off all day!

Cheers,


Shaun

 

[Pea-brain]

I'll say female G. glabrous FTW!

Dan

 

[justinl]

yeah, id also say G. glabrous or G. graphurus... cant distinguish between the two without a really clear top down shot of the telson. man that is a SWEET find for free! my lfs wouldnt give anything out for free unless there was a gun involved.

 

[Thurge]

There are three Gonodactylaceus mantis with orange meral spots, the two mentioned glaborus, grapherus, and G. ternatensis. Without the red intersegmal lines its probably not the last one. The first two (glaborus and grapherus) are distinguished by the presence or absence of a Small ridge on the tail.
Only a very tight shot of the tail will show the distinguishing mark, if its even visable in a mantis that small.

 

[Gonodactylus]

There are actually four - G. randalli.

 

[Altpers0na-old]

ooo sick burn