specie identity

[LAME]

good day forum

so a friend of mine (Mantidbro) and myself are trying to figure out the exact specie of this beautiful female mantid, were believe it to be either a stagmomantis limbata or a stagmomantis Carolina.

we are both leaning more towards the limbata, but are unsure why they'd be around my area... As I live in central Illinois and the limbata is more commonly spotted by Arizona and the border of Mexico.

 

[MantidBro]

questions, questions...!

 

[Paradoxica]

Does she have a blue/turquise lip? If so it's a limbata.

heres some other ways to tell: http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=27973&hl=%2Blimbata+%2Bbands

 

[LAME]

can't tell at the moment, she's currently destroying a cricket. She doesn't have the black dot mark on her wings, under wings are a solid bright yellow.

 

[Mantis Man13]

This looks exactly like all the Carolina female adults I have found before. This looks exactly like a Carolina female adult.

 

[LAME]

there's no lipstick, her face is the same solid green...

 

[LAME]

I've found all kinds lately, mainly brown ones, never solid bright green like this until the 3 I spotted yesterday

 

[Ralphys_Mantids]

Carolina female..

 

[Rick]

Your location would mean S. carolina.

 

[Mantis Man13]

Yeah, I live in Illinois and I see Carolinas a majority of the time.

 

[LAME]

alrighty! Thank you everyone for your insight, you've all been very helpful