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Emerald
08/02/2003, 07:11 PM
I got this mantis from some gulfview FL rock. Can you give me a guess?
Thanks!
Emerald
08/02/2003, 07:11 PM
and another
R33f3r
08/02/2003, 07:25 PM
red smasher?
Gonodactylus
08/03/2003, 01:07 AM
It is a female Neogonodactylus wennerae.

Roy
Emerald
08/03/2003, 09:24 AM
Thank you Roy. How do you know its a female?
Emerald
08/03/2003, 09:33 AM
Is it likely she will change color?
Thanks again!
Gonodactylus
08/03/2003, 10:34 AM
Almost all of the "red" (actually rusty orange) N. wennerae that I have seen from Florida have been females. There is a good chance that if she is keep under broad spectrum (day light) lighting she will turn green in one or two molts.

Roy