Mantis ID

[Lil B-rent]

Can someone ID this guy for me?
http://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?p=2586129#post2586129

 

[Lil B-rent]

Nevermind, IDed it myself Odontodactylus cultrifer.

 

[sdunkin]

Its a N. wennerae.

See this thread

 

[gharner]

looks like a wennerae to me also. i want him haha

 

[Lil B-rent]

You sure? The one that I think it is needs an 80 l and n wennerae only needs a 20 l, pretty big difference.

 

[Tylt33]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12435648#post12435648 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lil B-rent
You sure? The one that I think it is needs an 80 l and n wennerae only needs a 20 l, pretty big difference.

Dr. Roy has ID'd over 100,000 N. wennerae in his career... I'd guess that he's probably right on. I think it's about as sure as anyone can be in this field.

 

[gharner]

yea, maybe Dr. roy can respond and give a little insight on what this little guy might be. it looks just like the wennerae i had. what color are his meral spots??? (N.wennerae have white meral spots)

 

[gharner]

oops i didnt see someone else asked for that same mantis to be identified hahaha....i believe Dr. roy is right though. in the pic you can even see part of the white meral spot on the mantis' left rapt. appendage.

 

[Lil B-rent]

Yea, i didn't see he IDed the pic on the other thread, guess its an N. Wennerae = )

 

[justinl]

imo, i say N. wennerae. plus the doc says so and i won't be the one to contradict him. Fwiw, N. bredini is a very morphologically similar species to N. wennerae; by default, we usually just say N. wennerae.