Pseudomantis albofimbriata

[jameslongo]

I decided to do a photo shoot of my ageing adult female False Garden Mantid (P. albofimbriata). She is the 1st mantid that I ever raised & I call her 'Gwyneth Paltrow.' When I found her as a nymph, she was bright yellow, which got me thinking about the song 'Yellow' by Coldplay, so I named her after the wife of frontman Chris Martin. You'll notice that she has a small back spot on her left arm where she was bitten by a very nasty katydid. She ate him :lol:

Anyway this is Gwyneth's 15 seconds of fame!

Smile for the camera.

I like this photo. Five ootheca laid to date, she's so proud.

What a sook!

She thought she could fly. Damn you, brachypterous wings.

Come 'ere a minute!

Another cool one.

4.5cm ain't bad

Say what...!

 

[Rick]

How old is she? She look old.

 

[jameslongo]

How old is she? She look old.

I've had her since she was L3-4. That's going on 7 months now. Probably has another ooth in her, or at least I hope so. She has a good life

 

[Katnapper]

She's a pretty girl, James. Love your pic captions... hehe.

 

[PhilinYuma]

Oops! Time for some tea!

 

[PhilinYuma]

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Nice pic, James! Americans: See how a ruler looks anywhere but in the U.S.!

 

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Cool pictures do you have an interesting story on how you found her???

 

[jameslongo]

Cool pictures do you have an interesting story on how you found her???

I was outside taking down the laundry, talking to Olga on the phone, when I saw her. A small bright yellow nymph climbing up the side of my house towards a hot tin roof. I couldn't let her fry, and this was when I just go into mantids, so I grabbed a pool scoop and tried to snatch her in there. Unknowning of their defence tactic, she hurled herself off the wall & landed on the front of my shirt. It was love at first sight Olga was on hold for about 5min :lol: Sorry, dear.

The coloration was uncommon so I tried my best to retain it. All throughout her nymph-hood in her enclosure, she had Acacia blossoms to climb on & yellow Dulux paint cards flanking her. It didn't really go to plan, as you can see. But the species can go a lot greener that this.