Pink Panther Mantis

Precarious · Oct 8, 2012

This is the unknown species from Madagascar all grown up. Still unidentified so I'm calling it Tenodera precariousa until someone either identifies it or reports me to the mantis police!

Sub female

As you can see the eyes went from turquoise to green after final molt.

Photos of earlier instars on these pages:

http://mantidforum.n...opic=26133&st=0

Male should be adult very soon.

OctoberRainne · Oct 8, 2012

These are stellar,they are soo purple!

ShieldMantid1997 · Oct 8, 2012

Beautiful specimen Henry!

The color is quite unusual making the mantis even more desirable! I like the name to hahaha

How large is the female now? I would imagine quite large because the L3? was 1.5"

EDIT: Sorry if i am asking too many questions :blush:

How is the aggression like towards prey and others of its species?

brancsikia339 · Oct 8, 2012

Love the name, love the color! It clearly is tenodera, but i can't find any species that even looks remotely like it! Do you think this could be some sort of new species?

justrokkit · Oct 8, 2012

That mantis is beautiful! I find these striking colorations in mantids so mesmerizing!

Precarious · Oct 8, 2012

ShieldMantid1997 said:
How large is the female now? I would imagine quite large because the L3? was 1.5"

How is the aggression like towards prey and others of its species?

Female is just over 4". Very long and slender. I would have to guess this is a new species of Tenodera.

They can be very aggressive towards prey. Will move across the enclosure to get at it if they're hungry.

I lost a nymphs early on to cannibalism leaving me with only 3 so I separated to make sure I got adults for breeding. Luckily I do have a pair so I'll do my best to get her bred. Hard to say how communal they are. Maybe I'll experiment if I get enough nymphs.

brancsikia339 said:
It clearly is tenodera, but i can't find any species that even looks remotely like it! Do you think this could be some sort of new species?

I agree. Looks identical to other Tenodera except for the colors. I know two people who have some of the nymphs. One ended up with a male with a little more standard colors as adult, but the others nymphs are pink like mine. I have my male and the male mentioned above so I'll try to get photos up when I get the chance.

Mime454 · Oct 8, 2012

It's really lovely mi can't wait to see the photos of her all dried out. You might want to send her to a university to get her properly identified when she dies.

shoejazz · Oct 8, 2012

The pink panther mantis is a good common name for this specimen.

Mime454 · Oct 8, 2012

Precarimantis.

Orin · Oct 8, 2012

Does he eat dead ants? dead ant, dead, ant

dead ant, dead ant,

dead ant, dead ant,

dead aaaaaant

fleurdejoo · Oct 8, 2012

Ohh I like them both!

Precarious · Oct 8, 2012

Orin said:
Does he eat dead ants? dead ant, dead, ant

dead ant, dead ant,

dead ant, dead ant,

dead aaaaaant

Haha! I'll have to try that out.

Paradoxica · Oct 8, 2012

That is awesome you may have a new species, but at the same time it's kind of a bummer because the odds of anymore more of them being brought into culture are not very good (I would think). Lets hope that it's a species that can be inbred for many generations without any problems. Can a species come into culture and remain if they are all directly related?

gripen · Oct 8, 2012

Paradoxica said:
That is awesome you may have a new species, but at the same time it's kind of a bummer because the odds of anymore more of them being brought into culture are not very good (I would think). Lets hope that it's a species that can be inbred for many generations without any problems. Can a species come into culture and remain if they are all directly related?

I doubt it is a new species rather a nice color variation of a less documented species.

Mime454 · Oct 8, 2012

Paradoxica said:
That is awesome you may have a new species, but at the same time it's kind of a bummer because the odds of anymore more of them being brought into culture are not very good (I would think). Lets hope that it's a species that can be inbred for many generations without any problems. Can a species come into culture and remain if they are all directly related?

Does he even have the male?

I read in a book that the main trouble with inbreeding is lethal or semi-lethal recessives(some of which can drastically reduce egg yield). The more generations that pass, the more safe it is to inbreed. There might be something else that the book didn't cover though.

Precarious · Oct 8, 2012

Mime454 said:
Does he even have the male?

I've got 2 males; 1adult, 1sub.

angelofdeathzz · Oct 8, 2012

I still think its a rhubarb mantis...

Hold on did Orin make a off topic funny? :lol: Jolly good show...

brancsikia339 · Oct 8, 2012

Precarious said:
I've got 2 males; 1adult, 1sub.

Does anyone have a female?

fleurdejoo · Oct 8, 2012

He says above that he has a female.

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