Found at the park

[DinehCaveman]

About 3 weeks ago my son and I went on a RC excursion at Sepulveda Dam Nature Preserve and this little guy hitch hiked on one of the RC trucks. He was probably hours old, had no food in his gut and very small. He has since molted twice and gotten a pinkish tan color. I think he's a S. limbata due to his coloration, but also a S. californica becuase of the small size, I haven't seen californias that are any other color than green. What do you guys think. He's L3 now.

 

[Lou]

He looks,nice,fat and happy now though!

 

[DinehCaveman]

I'm leaning towards limbata, as I just found out that S. californicas L1s are black not green.

 

[MandellaMandy123]

He looks limbata to me; I've kept a lot of that species.

He's cute.

 

[MantidBro]

I also think hes a stagmomantis limbata ive kept a couple before. they start off as a beige sort of color then become green with pink on their legs.

 

[mantiseater]

is it male or female?

 

[Shadow]

is it male or female?

my money's on male

 

[DinehCaveman]

Definitely male. Gonna see if I can find a female in the same area.