ID Please!

[Zephyr]

My friend finds these in California.

 

[Dinora]

Oh! I wanna play!

I'm gonna guess it's an Oxyoposis Gracilis, also known as the South American Green Mantis. Females reach 3” in length, and males reach about 1-1/2” in length.

Cute nails btw! Is that little piggies?

 

[Dinora]

...and I'm also gonna guess this one is a boy.

This is my first time actually posting a guess (of identification or gender) online so be kind if I'm wrong please!

 

[rosenkrieger]

Ok, guys, I'm the one that found that mantis. That's my girlfriend holding it, her nail polish was just wearing off. And that one is a female. laid two viable ooths for me after I caught it.

 

[cloud jaguar]

I would guess that that is Mediterranean mantis - does it have dark eye-like spots on the wings?

I doubt it is S. Limbata (lime green/clear speckled wings) and definitely not californica (brown wings).

~Arkanis

 

[rosenkrieger]

I never saw it threat display. And there werent any markings on the outsides of the wing covers.

 

[Dinora]

Ok, guys, I'm the one that found that mantis. That's my girlfriend holding it, her nail polish was just wearing off. And that one is a female. laid two viable ooths for me after I caught it.

LOL D'oh! I'm wrong on gender!!! :lol: