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Choeradodis stalli
large mantis, all green, about 4"
amazon
I was super stoked to see this shield mantis during a nighthike in Tupana Aru reserve. I had only seen this in National Geographic before. This mantis had a temper and got really angry and raised up when I got too close so I just took a few pics and left it alone.
Thanks for the comment Matt, but how can you be certain? Do you have a reference link? It still looks like C. stalli to me.
Thanks bayucca, I just have these pics but it does look like C. stall. Thanks also Sergio and Luis.
Choeradodinae, Choeradodis sp. and most probably Choeradodis stalli:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31984806@N0...
http://anotheca.com/wordpress/2010/02/22...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mantisdeper...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80125969@N0...
Other candidate would Choeradodis strumaria, but the edges of the anterior shield is more straight and not scalloped as in Stalli. But that's only what I can see after looking at dozens of Choeradodis. There is not much info about and not really trustable sites around. Do you have a picture from the underside?Please, verify!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80125969@N0...
http://www.superstock.com/preview.asp?im...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choeradodis...
http://www.todofauna.com/foros/showthrea...
http://tw.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/q...
http://www.insecte.org/forum/viewtopic.p...
Spotted on Dec 9, 2012
Submitted on Aug 3, 2013
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