P. Griffinii adult female. First mantis I've raised from a young age to adult :)

[Malakyoma]

I got this girl 2 months ago at L2. She's been great company for me and a great mantis to help me get acquainted with everything. These are pictures of her drying out after her molt to adulthood. This is Titan.

 

[sally]

she is beautiful!

 

[sinensispsyched]

Is there a difference in the forearms between griffin's and marbled mantises? Those forearms look like pictures I've seen of aeruginosa forearms.

 

[Malakyoma]

They're very very closely related. I don't know if there's an exact difference but I can try and compare later tonight.

 

[sinensispsyched]

You have both?

According to some posts, there are 2 species believed to be aeruginosa (Pre and Silentdevill have them) and now there's another mantis (same looks, different name) as one of the two. Where are the lines drawn for these species? Which one is the true griffinii and the true aeruginosa?

 

[Malakyoma]

I got both of mine from Silentdevil. Bought the Aeruginosa as an adult pair, and the griffins as L2 nymphs.

 

[Malakyoma]

Just looked at my aeruginosa female. She doesn't have the spikes on her forearms

 

[Plex]

Congratulations on the beautiful adult!

 

[Sticky]

My big girl Tank does not have the blue coloring or the black mark on her arms. Could she be some other kind? She is also very big, 4". She is massive and alittle intimidating but very gentle.

 

[Malakyoma]

Some new pictures from yesterday

She ate a lot last night too. Only gave her soft beetles and worms in case her mandibles were still fragile, but she ate 3 mealworm beetles and a superworm. Could probably have more too.

 

[ismart]

Very pretty mantis!

 

[aNisip]

Nice job on getting her to adult bud! now you can do this with all of your mantids!