Two New Buggers & an ID Confirm please, glabrous or graphurus?

[MantisO_o]

I saw these two buggers and when i saw the small mark on the tail i thought of a Gonodactylaceus graphurus. So, i'd appreciate if anyone could confirm is IF i am reading it right. I already have a nice pair of Gonodactylaceus glabrous and it would be nice if this orange one is indeed a G. graphurus instead.

Looking at it from this, i'm starting to lean towards that i got another female Gonodactylaceus glabrous. Yay but slight disappointment. I never learn...lol Shrugs. (...getting crossed eye looking.)

Here is another Gonodactylus platysoma to my collection. I hope its a male then that would conclude my G. platysoma pair. Other wise S/he would be my current beloved back up, if the current female hits the fan. Hopefully not for the rest of this year or longer.

They will arrive next week on Tuesday.​

 

[TundraGuy]

Dude this G. Platysoma is cool never seen them before. What are there temperament/interaction level like?

 

[TundraGuy]

Are the eyes that pink or is this a camera thing?

 

[MantisO_o]

Dude this G. Platysoma is cool never seen them before. What are there temperament/interaction level like?

Never had one till i got the first on on DD then, getting this second one i didn't hesitate cause they are bloody amazing up close. They are really as colorful as you see in the photo or better in person. Their very active but once you give it a hiding place, i rarely see it. So i'm going to play around with its space to see if i can get it to come out more.

 

[JothamTheSlayer]

Where do you keep finding these things!

 

[MantisO_o]

Common places that you all have access to.

 

[JothamTheSlayer]

Tell us your secret...

Where'd you find this one, LA?

 

[TundraGuy]

Not sure why but it reminds me of a Jack Dempsey a buddy of mine had. Coloration wise.

 

[MantisO_o]

Not sure why but it reminds me of a Jack Dempsey a buddy of mine had. Coloration wise.

I can kinda see that, give it a splash of black in some places.

 

[gpx1200]

i saw these on blouzoo but they wer allready sold, i cant have any more right now any way.
my G. platysoma has the coolest personality out of all 3 of my mantisis he's in my sumpfuge right now and he comes out of his cave to greet me and jumps around on the glass like a puppy every time i open the doors, give him some green macro algie to hide in mine allways hangs around clumps of feather calurpa

 

[MantisO_o]

i saw these on blouzoo but they wer allready sold, i cant have any more right now any way.
my G. platysoma has the coolest personality out of all 3 of my mantisis he's in my sumpfuge right now and he comes out of his cave to greet me and jumps around on the glass like a puppy every time i open the doors, give him some green macro algie to hide in mine allways hangs around clumps of feather calurpa

Thats interesting. I will try that with the macro algae. thanks for the idea.

 

[Kharn]

There both really nice totally different coloration to my 3 G.graphurus.

Rocky has the dark brown & dark green dominant colors with blue appendages

Maximus is mostly dark green while Minnie is almost Bright Green.

All 3 look significantly different in coloration.

EDIT: Maximus & Rocky both have the snake skin sort of pattern although its just a darker/lighter shade of the same base color, Minnie is just straight green no patterns.

 

[Gonodactylus]

P. ciliata!

 

[Bluemon]

P. ciliata!

lol this has got to be the different id ever. we thought it was a glaborus when it was in fact... a ciliata. a spearer.

 

[MantisO_o]

P. ciliata!

REALLY! Interesting. Even better! I don't want a double of the glabrous and i was looking at sealifeinc.net for a yellow P. ciliata but the ones they have in stock rarely get yellow. However, an orange P. ciliata I never had, i don't think...lol I'm excited...well was excited before this but more now. Thank you Dr. Roy.

How common is the color morph of Yellow and Orange for Pseudosquilla ciliata?

 

[MantisO_o]

lol this has got to be the different id ever. we thought it was a glaborus when it was in fact... a ciliata. a spearer.

I know! Pseudosquilla ciliata never came to mind. Another view of it and i just notice i see no clubs. Interesting. Where on the glabrous i have, her's are clearly seen at the same angle as the P. ciliata.

 

[Bluemon]

i dont think yellow/orange are all that rare. blood-red orange might be rare, but ive seen vivid yellowish-orange p. ciliatas a lot at my LFSes.

 

[MantisO_o]

From what i recall (correct me if i'm wrong, Dr. Roy) said often they are cream and other types of color morphs not so much in warmer hues. I have uncommonly encountered pure yellow in my search. The last i have had a yellow was from Billy. 'Bluemon', you are lucky to find what i can not. My LFSes are limited and i rarely encounter Mantis Shrimps...aside from a occasional Peacock...lol.

 

[Gonodactylus]

P. ciliata are excellent animals at matching background. Most that I encounter in the field are green or green stripe, sandy colored, black, brown or cream mottle. Yellow and orange morphs in the Caribbean are rare if non-existent. They are occasionally seen in the Indo-Pacifc, particularly on colorful coral reef flats. Given that the yellow and orange morphs are more easily seen by human collectors walking reef flats, they show up in disproportionate numbers in shipments from Indonesia and the Philippines. Still, they are quite rare in most habitats where P. ciliata occur.

Roy

 

[Bluemon]

move to california! haha.

i feel bad for the mantises because they are often in a specimen container like less than half a gallon.