Congo green mantis?????

[patrickfraser]

I am waiting on a Congo green mantis ootheca I purchased. I can't find much info on them and whatever info I find is usually an arguement as to whether they are "real" or not. Any info would be super.

Let me state that I don't have a stand whether they are real or not, I just know that I ordered an ootheca for Congo green mantis. I am new and need to learn.

I'd appreciate whatever I can find out. Thanks...Scott

These are the photos from the listing that the ootheca was purchased. I am waiting for it to arrive presently.

 

[yen_saw]

Congo green mantis is just a common name, so there are many species of mantis in Congo we could use that name for. From the photo it looks like Sphdromantis sp.

 

[Hypoponera]

Not sure what species is shown in your photos. But they do look much like the Alalomantis sp I got from Frey a while back. Thought there was not such a size difference between the sexes. But the blue spot and small teeth along the thorax are the same. Alalomantis sp are from the same general area of Africa.

 

[Gill]

In the UK Congo Green is the common name for IGM 164 Sphodromantis cf. aurea, this was originally misnamed 'Alalomantis coxalis'. It is quite common in culture in the UK.