Mantis ID

[Kharn]

G'day all :spin3:

I'm about to acquire yet ANOTHER stomatopod and even though the pictures are really ... crap, I can already tell from them that it may be the most colorful of them all!

I have a hunch its a O.scyllarus, the seller doesn't know the species and the most common larger mantis species are O.scyllarus with spearers being quite rare as hitchhikers.

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/990/pc241492.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/843/pc241492.jpg/)

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/6923/pc221486.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/839/pc221486.jpg/)

Cheers for any ideas I know the pics are dodgy but I will upload better ones when I have it back here =)

[King Nikon]

That's definitely not an O. scyllarus, not to mention they are smashers not spearers.

Here's an O. scyllarus: (the leopard spots are the dead giveaway)

http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii343/KingNikon/30g%20Mantis/IMG_0153.jpg

[Kharn]

That's definitely not an O. scyllarus, not to mention they are smashers not spearers.

Here's an O. scyllarus: (the leopard spots are the dead giveaway)



Not sure what you ment by there smashers not spearers, of coarse I'd know that lol... Peacocks are so common xD!!

I can't tell form the pic what species it is the only 2 things I notice are the orange/red dominant color and the oval/cylinder shaped eyes.

I can't see the other parts clear enough but, its the eye shape that confuses me the most mixed with its color.

Cheers for the comment!

[King Nikon]

The way you said "O.scyllarus with spearers being quite rare as hitchhikers" it sounded to me like you thought it was a spearer, no ill intentions meant.

I really don't know mantis species. I can only tell you what is a peacock and what is a zebra mantis, and what isn't. lol

[Kharn]

I know you ment no ill intent =P lol

I sometimes rite in excitement like I did with this post so I suppose better punctuation would of prevented it. I ment them as two different things xD.

What I ment was, O.scyllarus are the most common LARGE Smashers found as Hitchhikers on LR down here.

And that spearers are very very rare to get as a hitchhikers on LR down here, you basically have to order a spearer and the species must come from within australian waters too and even then the wait can be months/years, I just got a message 2 days ago from a private collector saying he has now basically getting the mated pair of L.macs that I placed the order for over 5months ago =)

They guarantee success on capture so long as its in Australian waters, all they ask is unlimited time =) hence patience!