I am sorry for the quality of photos. They were taken in Spain, under a provisory tent, without the macro lens or anything like it The temperatures were about 40 centigrades even though I was taking these shots in the late afternoon..
Anyway.. the mantis I present to you is an endemic species seen only in a very very thin strip of coast. I won't tell you where of course
I didn't imagine even in my dreams that I would meet something like this...
More pics in my gallery:
http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?au...um&album=44
About the species: it is completely wingless, very small, resembling the Ameles genus. In fact it belongs to the same famillia. I met specimens about 3cm long but I don't reaaly know what instar they were, probably subadult and adult, but as they didn't have budwings at any stage I couldn't guess.
Anyway.. the mantis I present to you is an endemic species seen only in a very very thin strip of coast. I won't tell you where of course
I didn't imagine even in my dreams that I would meet something like this...
More pics in my gallery:
http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?au...um&album=44
About the species: it is completely wingless, very small, resembling the Ameles genus. In fact it belongs to the same famillia. I met specimens about 3cm long but I don't reaaly know what instar they were, probably subadult and adult, but as they didn't have budwings at any stage I couldn't guess.