New wahlbergii?

[StuartH]

Picked this guy up today and real pleased with him..was labelled as wahlbergii but pretty new to mantids so anyone confirm for me?

 

[mrblue]

its not possible to say for certain from the angle of the photos whether it is P.wahlbergii or P.ocellata, you would need one from above/behind, with the abdomen lowered (so we can see the pronotum). it can be quite difficult to get a photo of that as the abdomen is almost always folded back up like that. sometimes they let it drop when really well fed, or when walking about. the only certainty is that it is Pseudocreobotra!

 

[hibiscusmile]

It is cute, but I do not know what it is!

 

[darkspeed]

its not possible to say for certain from the angle of the photos, you would need one from above/behind, with the abdomen lowered (so we can see the pronotum). it can be quite difficult to get a photo of that as the abdomen is almost always folded back up like that. sometimes they let it drop when really well fed, or when walking about. the only certainty is that it is Pseudocreobotra!

Yep, it is definitely Pseudocreobotra.

Nice looking specimen though, and good photography too!

 

[OGIGA]

Where/how did you pick him/her up? I wish picking mantises up like that is available here.

 

[StuartH]

Where/how did you pick him/her up? I wish picking mantises up like that is available here.

I just saw him in the local reptile shop..he had this one and the giant asian so I had both.

 

[macro junkie]

what did he charge you?

 

[StuartH]

£10....

 

[macro junkie]

£10....

thats a reasonable price subadults and adults for for 20-25£ a pair.;lovely species isnt it,

 

[StuartH]

Yes mate real pleased with it..make great models too!!

All taken with tamron 90mm macro.

This one looks like a light was shone on it but just an accident but liked it none the less..