Unidentified ooths...? (Tansania)

[Papilio]

Hi

Please help to identify these ooths. They're from Tansania

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[Morpheus uk]

I can only roughly guess that it might be a Sphodromantis or a Hierodula ooth, but only because i had a Hierodula grandis ooth a while back that looked a little like those though the grandis ooth was a little rougher

 

[Rick]

Looks like a Sphodromantis.

 

[Ian]

Actually, to me it looks like a mantis religiosa, but just taken in slightly darker light conditions.

 

[Papilio]

To bo honest Ian confirmed my assumptions, could someone tell me which areas of the world do M. reilgiosa eichleri inhabit ?

 

[Christian]

Hi.

Africa south of Sahara. Northern Africa is inhabited by the nominative subspecies.

The ooths may well belong to another species, though.

Regards,

Christian

 

[jarek]

To bo honest Ian confirmed my assumptions, could someone tell me which areas of the world do M. reilgiosa eichleri inhabit ?

Mantis religiosa lives in: Poland - there is a proteted species, Germany,Slovakia, spain, Greece, macedonia, serbia,Italy. generaly south and midle europe.

 

[Christian]

It actually lives in several subspecies from Spain to Japan and SE Asia and from Siberia to Cape of New Hope, plus the populations introduced in N-America.

Regards,

Christian

 

[Butterfly]

I found a very large female Mantis Religiosa here in Southern California last year. Man them things get around. lol