Mantis Identified!!!! and for all those other Mantis lovers.... there is another one!

[justinl]

nope, the one i got from HR was a G. smithii.

hmmm. i can't see what im looking for in the pic of the telson... can you describe the insides of its arms or get a pic? the meral spot in particular. here's a link that very clearly shows where the meral spot is. it's the big circular marking. it's the best trait to ID a mantis. smithii's will be the white ring with dark bentre for example. what's yours like?

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthrop...g_smithii1.jpg