new mantis shrimp
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DensityMan
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Beatiful mantis (and pictures)!
Most ID's will require a picture showing the inside of the raptorial appendages showing the meral spots and another pic showing the telson (tail) from the top or bottom.
The coloration and basic shape (of the eyes especially) would lead me to guess in the Gonodactylaceus genus; maybe G. ternatensis (sp?)...
The outside coloration of the raptorial appendages looks identical to the Gonodactylus smithii I keep, but I know his color isn't typical (some kind of mimicing morph of G. ternatensis?)
A couple links to the Blueboards:
Gonodactylus smithii - [url]http://www.blueboard.com/mantis/pics/smit2rc.htm[/url]
Gonodactylaceus ternatensis - [url]http://www.blueboard.com/mantis/pics/gonodasj.htm[/url]
Most ID's will require a picture showing the inside of the raptorial appendages showing the meral spots and another pic showing the telson (tail) from the top or bottom.
The coloration and basic shape (of the eyes especially) would lead me to guess in the Gonodactylaceus genus; maybe G. ternatensis (sp?)...
The outside coloration of the raptorial appendages looks identical to the Gonodactylus smithii I keep, but I know his color isn't typical (some kind of mimicing morph of G. ternatensis?)
A couple links to the Blueboards:
Gonodactylus smithii - [url]http://www.blueboard.com/mantis/pics/smit2rc.htm[/url]
Gonodactylaceus ternatensis - [url]http://www.blueboard.com/mantis/pics/gonodasj.htm[/url]
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netjackson
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Looks good! Nice coloration.
Rob
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