Friend on trip to Guyana sent this. What species?

[Mime454]

 

[mantid_mike]

Whatever it is, its beautiful. So yellow...Looks like a parymenopus hooked up with a stagmo.

 

[Mime454]

Whatever it is, its beautiful. So yellow...Looks like a parymenopus hooked up with a stagmo.

I really love the color too!

 

[aNisip]

Guyana mantis = <3 ...or even a Hierodula x Parymenopus ...I would love to see the nynphs, ooth, and threat pose!

Edit: And I just noticed, there seems to be some ooth residue on the tip of her abdomen...where is the ooth?!

 

[Mime454]

Guyana mantis = <3 ...or even a Hierodula x Parymenopus ...I would love to see the nynphs, ooth, and threat pose!

Edit: And I just noticed, there seems to be some ooth residue on the tip of her abdomen...where is the ooth?!

It did just lay eggs. I'm trying to get him to bring them to me, but he's there for conservation biology research so is naturally opposed to such things. He has watched it lay two Ooths so far.

 

[brancsikia339]

I think Macromantis hyalina

 

[agent A]

sphodro viridis

 

[gripen]

sphodro viridis

Check the location on that one... We are talking about South America here.

 

[agent A]

Check the location on that one... We are talking about South America here.

oooops i thought guyana was in africa

lol sorry :blush:

reminds me of oxyopsis but idk...

 

[aNisip]

It did just lay eggs. I'm trying to get him to bring them to me, but he's there for conservation biology research so is naturally opposed to such things. He has watched it lay two Ooths so far.

Tha is quite a predicament... :/ does he know if she is fertile?

 

[Mime454]

Tha is quite a predicament... :/ does he know if she is fertile?

It's wild. No way to know. I don't see why not though.

 

[Malakyoma]

If your friend brings the ooth back I want some nymphs

 

[Mime454]

If your friend brings the ooth back I want some nymphs

I'm unsurprised. you might be worse than me.

But there's about a 5% chance or less of that happening.

 

[aNisip]

Yeah, honestly he should just leave it in the wild if this is a 'new/rare' specie...I mean he is a conservation biologist...not a toursit...

 

[fleurdejoo]

I would like to call it the Banana mantis or Nanner mantis!!!!

Totally cool Mime!

 

[Mime454]

I'm starting to think it might be a Stagmatoptera. Thoughts? It certainly looks like it in the neck.

 

[Malakyoma]

I'm unsurprised. you might be worse than me.

But there's about a 5% chance or less of that happening.

Worse? or better?

 

[Morpheus uk]

It did just lay eggs. I'm trying to get him to bring them to me, but he's there for conservation biology research so is naturally opposed to such things. He has watched it lay two Ooths so far.

Is that the kinda conservational work where they have to kill what they find to catalouge it?

 

[Mime454]

Is that the kinda conservational work where they have to kill what they find to catalouge it?

He's there to observe guppies and what makes certain colors more prominent in certain areas. IDK if he has to kill them. We're not that close. He just knows from my Facebook that I like mantids.