what species?

[chocolatecolubrid]

Can anyone identify this mantid nymph? Its had 2 moults since hatching and is just over 1cm long at the minute.

 

[macro junkie]

Can anyone identify this mantid nymph? Its had 2 moults since hatching and is just over 1cm long at the minute.

looks like giant asian.but i cant be sure..rick or somone wil be by soon to asnwer your Q.

 

[idolomantis]

its not a giant asian.. it looks chinese mantis to me... bud i dont know....

 

[macro junkie]

what i ment was it looked like Hierodula species.

 

[idolomantis]

what i ment was it looked like Hierodula species.

ok

 

[macro junkie]

not that i know any thing..lol..theres so many i get confused..just a wild guees

 

[obregon562]

100% Rhombodera sp., or Giant Sheild Mantis, in my opinion!

 

[buddhistsoldier88]

at a guess Chinese but i really cant be sure... i doubt its a giant of some sort too small....'Specially after 2 molts... mine were 3/4" and the females were 1".

 

[obregon562]

My rhombo's were about 2cm after 2 sheds...then they put on some serious legnth!

 

[tier]

Hi

I cannot say which mantid this is.

But it looks like some kind of Tenodera to me.

But I think you cannot tell what it really is unless it becomes bigger.

 

[chocolatecolubrid]

Thanks very much for everyone's replies. I figured it was a shot in the dark with it being so small, so I'll see if I can get shots of it when its bigger.

Thanks again

 

[Birdfly]

Almost impossible to tell at this stage but i can say for 100% its definately not Tenodera species, well at least not the usual Tenodera species in the hobby

They look like they could be from a few different genus of commonly kept mantis, namely Sphodromantis sp, Hierodula sp or Rhombodera sp +,but even then thats still a very wild statement to make

Unidentified species of Tenodera from Thailand:

Adult female constructing eggmass: