Hi. Recently I caught a tiny mantis on top of my office's trash bin. Been wondering what breed. Ill attach a picture of him. Since then he molted twice. From brown and getting green.
can't be certain from the pics, but if there are two cream-coloured spines on each upper forearm, then it is Hierodula patellifera (according to a 2009 local academic article i came across).
i believe it's L2 (or at most L3) in the first image and L4 / L5 in the second. It's been a few years since i've kept this species, but that's what i remember
All the best, Hope your new friend has been doing well.