Cute yellow mantis (Dystacta alticeps) female Southern Africa

[happy1892]

I came across this cute mantis the other night.  I thought it might be something like a Cilnia, but Marco Villani on Facebook corrected me and said it is a Dystacta alticeps!  

https://www.ispotnature.org/node/772085?nav=related

 

[Okoboji22]

Are they normally this color?

 

[DeadInTheBasement]

I really like the shape of Dystacta species.

Hopefully they make it to the hobby someday. 

http://www.ispotnature.org/node/644432?nav=parent_ob

 

[Okoboji22]

I really like the shape of Dystacta species.

Hopefully they make it to the hobby someday. 

http://www.ispotnature.org/node/644432?nav=parent_ob

Posts like these make me wonder how many awesome species like this go unnoticed by the hobby

 

[Extrememantid]

Posts like these make me wonder how many awesome species like this go unnoticed by the hobby

It's not that they're necessarily unnoticed, but more so rarely found in the wild, recently discovered, challenging to keep and breed, etc.

 

[MantisRCool]

Wow, these are amazing!