new mantis ID, try to describe it as best as I can.

[ADHybrid]

Sorry, I dont have a pic, but I think I can describe it pretty good. I just picked up a new little spearer mantis. Looks kinda like G. Smithii coloration except its a spearer. Its dark olive with lighter green legs that and swimming appendages (dont know what exaclty they are called) and they seem to be tipped with a faint orange. I looked on Lurkers and couldn't find a pic that matched. I hope this helps. Anyone got any idea?

 

[Gonodactylus]

Pseudosquilla ciliata. This is a highly color polymorphic species, but the olive form is fairly common.

Roy

 

[ADHybrid]

Thanks a bunch Dr. Caldwell, now I have a yellow and olive one. I had heard that some of thier coloring is due to thier sorroundings...Can I influence its coloring by adding certain colors to the aquarium?

 

[Gonodactylus]

Yes. Green plants or even strips of greed plastic to look like turtle grass will make them turn green with a white stripe. It seems that the color above them (grass, algae, coral) is as important as the substrate. It usually takes a couple of molts to change.

Roy