Please Identify

[lectricblueyes]

Is this in captivity?

 

[revmdn]

It's an orchid.

 

[hibiscusmile]

Do u mean cause u captured it in the lens? I don't understand.

 

[lectricblueyes]

It's an orchid.

Gotchya, so it's common in the USA. Must just be a strange color or an odd picture. Looked different

 

[lectricblueyes]

Do u mean cause u captured it in the lens? I don't understand.

nope, just found that picture online and wanted it identified because I hadn't seen one quite like that before.

 

[Morpheus uk]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Never heard of a Hymenopus coronatus before?!

Lol there up there with the likes of Idolomantis in peoples wish lists :lol:

So yeah the other name for them is Orchid mantis.

Heres some more photo`s if you really havent seen them before :blink:

 

[bassist]

I'm honestly amazed this kind of identification thread would come up lol.

 

[PhilinYuma]

I'm honestly amazed this kind of identification thread would come up lol.

Just want you to know that I'm on your side, Bassist. I don't think that the comment that you made to a newcomer to the hobby who asked an honest question was ever intended to be as condescendingly arrogant as it sounds.

 

[Rick]

That is the white gold mantis. They call it that because these days it is made of pure white gold. <_< They used to be cheap not even two years ago.

 

[revmdn]

I want a white gold mantis.

 

[lectricblueyes]

Just want you to know that I'm on your side, Bassist. I don't think that the comment that you made to a newcomer to the hobby who asked an honest question was ever intended to be as condescendingly arrogant as it sounds.

? I'm confused. I suppose I should have provided some greater detail. I may, or may not have seen this particular species in the past. Maybe it was a lapse of memory. Maybe I'd seen it where it was "pink" not pure white. Anyway, thanks for the info.

 

[revmdn]

I say no worries. You had a question and asked it. I'm sure in a few months time I'll be asking you questions about mantids.