mantidae id

mantidae id

Isn't that a Praying Mantis. We have them here and they will turn the color that they are on.

but i'm sure that it's Praying Mantis.
do you know what is it?


This message was edited Nov 5, 2010 3:28 AM

I know that around here we like to see them and alot of people will buy their casings because they eat the unwanted insects on our crops and flowers. If you are seeing praying mantis that is a good thing for your yard. The female is larger than the male and will actually kill the male after mating. A very benificial insect.

They know it's a Mantid of some kind but wish to know WHICH Mantid.

i think it's Stagmomantis carolina.but i am not sure.
carolina mantids live in carolina but i found it in tehran(iran).maybe it's tree's mantid.

Sorry...

One possibility is the common Mediterranean mantis, Iris oratoria - see http://tinyurl.com/2bxw26x for an example.

I think it is Stagmomantis carolina. Stagmomantis lives in southern California.

I have read that Stagmomantis carolina are rare in southern California.

As this mandtid was found in the Middle East, it simply could not be Stagmomantis carolina...

happy1892, you are opening up many old threads, all having to do with Mantids. i know you have only been on dg a few days, but re-visiting old threads may or may not help the original author of the thread because they may or may not be a member any longer.
this practice also bumps these old threads to the "top" and the newer posts get shoved to page 2 or beyond.

Shytonak, I believe your mantid is Ameles crassinervis, which is found in Iran and Afghanistan. Everytime i google for images I get genus, but not species images, but all the literature seems to ID it as A crassinervis.

Given the quality of shytonak's image, it is difficult to be certain, but the shape of its head appears more consistent with that the genus Iris than Ameles.

Hi Flapdoodle. It is my understanding that only the nymphs of genus Iris are that tan color...the adults are mostly green. But considering there are over 2000 species in Mantodea, with the majority being Mantids, I could well be mistaken. grin

http://www.scribd.com/doc/78778540/List-of-Mantis-Genera-and-Species

Color pattern rather than color alone is a better discriminator. The image I linked to in my first post here shows a tan/brown adult Iris oratoria.

Sorry, Flapdoodle, but the only link other than the one I posted is from Suunto...suggesting Iris oratoria as a possibility.

My bad - when I first saw this thread, I opened suunto’s link and saved the image to compare with results of my own searching. Then, when I made my last comment, I completely forgot that I hadn’t actually posted the image in question. I didn’t mean to step on suunto’s toes, and hope that he/she will forgive my carelessness.

Not a problem...somehow I don't think Suunto will be offended...He is much too nice and knowledgeable to take offense at an honest mistake.I just figured the link didn't transport...