Tropidomantis gresitti

[naeff002]

a few pictures from the Tropidomantis gresitti

they are not really sharp, but they are very small, so...

 

[Ricardo]

Is this lad a nymph?

 

[LauraMG]

Pretty species! Are they L1?

 

[naeff002]

Yes it is a nimf. They are L4, the one with the light stick is probbely a male and the one with dark stick a female.

You can see how small they are on the last picture. On the right you can see part of my thum.

 

[warpdrive]

awsome. keep posting pics. I'm sure you are wowing a lot of us with such a small but cute mantis.

Harry

 

[The Gex Files]

Nice! How big do these get?

 

[yen_saw]

They get to about an inch as adult. Not very big but nice color. New born is almost transparent and very difficult to find once escape.

 

[naeff002]

Adult

 

[lancaster1313]

It seems that, the size can't take away from the beauty of the creatures.

 

[yen_saw]

Nice Kevin , looks like a female.

 

[naeff002]

I only have females so that's a problem with breeding them.

 

[Precarious]

They look remarkably like Sinomantis denticulata. I need to post more pics of them as one is now red-flecked and still clear.

 

[yen_saw]

They look remarkably like Sinomantis denticulata. I need to post more pics of them as one is now red-flecked and still clear.

Yes both species look very similar especially at early stages. From observation, the two main differences areSinomantis denticulata - Hind portion of pronotom longer than front portion, lack of bright yellow line along the center of pronotum.

Tropidomantis gressitti - Hind and front portion of pronotum about the same length, a very bright yellow line running parallel along the center of pronotum.