Acromantis Formosana L2 macro shots

[dani11983]

These are VERY small and difficult for my setup to capture but here goes:

 

[mrblue]

wow, these look VERY different to the ones i have right now. yours look light and mottled, almost like theopompa or other bark mantids. mine are just dark brown with one or two lighter bits. i might post a photo later to compare.

EDIT: not so much "VERY" different, more "quite" different, but still i am not used to seeing such variation in such low instars (especially as i didn't even know this species had any colur variation).

 

[dani11983]

wow, these look VERY different to the ones i have right now. yours look light and mottled, almost like theopompa or other bark mantids. mine are just dark brown with one or two lighter bits. i might post a photo later to compare.

I'd very much like to see those.

As for the species, I got these from Macrojunkie so I trust they are A. Formosana.

It was amazing looking at them really close up. They are completely different insects than when viewed with the naked eye.

 

[mrblue]

well i dont really have any good shots, but chun's are from the same ootheca as mine and they look the same (if anything mine are darker) and he has some good photos of them, so i hope he doesnt mind me posting some of his:

second instar

third instar

like i said, these are not my photos, they are chuns, his blog for this species can be found here:

http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?au...mp;showentry=62

 

[dani11983]

Those are really good photos.

Nice colours too.

 

[macro junkie]

what the heck..u got them from me but yours are difrent colour?i dont get that?look at mine,,all of mine are like this..brown..yours look grey?mayby its the dry condtions i keep mine in?are u usre u got them from me lol JK them ones of yours look so diffrent to mine?did u take that pic when it just shed?

4th instar

 

[dani11983]

what the heck..u got them from me but yours are difrent colour?i dont get that?look at mine,,all of mine are like this..brown..yours look grey?mayby its the dry condtions i keep mine in?are u usre u got them from me lol JK them ones of yours look so diffrent to mine?did u take that pic when it just shed?4th instar

 

[dani11983]

i spray them twice a week. I have no idea why they are that colour. <_<

 

[macro junkie]

i spray them twice a week. I have no idea why they are that colour. <_<

well who cares..yours look prettier than mine..

 

[Ben.M]

Gonna have to get some of these some time

 

[OGIGA]

Mine are 3rd instar and they look like mrblue's.