Identify mantids

[FERRO91]

hi, i must identify mantids for my friend...

these are the photos:

she says that she receive this little mantid (about 4 cm) by a her friend that found it in Greece...

she says too that doesn't identify the sub-species of this Pseudocreobroter

sorry for my bad english...

thank you

Marco.

 

[Morpheus uk]

Dont know about the 1st but i could tell if you can get a photo of the shield on the psuedocreobotra

 

[joossa]

I am pretty sure the first one is a subadult female Iris oratoria (Mediterranean Mantis). I have never seen the abdominal spot so dark in other individuals of this species though.

Looks like your friend got one from its native location and not from its invasive location here in the US, LOL.

 

[FERRO91]

thank you to all

for morpheus: sorry, but i don't understand what is the shield... :roll:

 

[Ben.M]

Its the bit behind the head that looks slightly like a shield

 

[Ben.M]

See ,

http://johnbokma.com/new-zealand/praying-mantis-head.jpg

 

[FERRO91]

ok, i understand...

 

[Red]

Yes... the 1st is a Iris Sp.

the second. pseudocreoboter Sp.