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Kusamantis

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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.

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Thanks guys for the warm welcome! It does look like hierodula sp. One more thing. Roughly ard which instar now? Since then it molted twice.

 
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(delayed) greetings from Singapore too! :)

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.

 

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