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Approx 20mm long , .this could be Mantid nymphs or possibly some type of Mantis Fly .
Hotel gardens .
Spotted on Mar 14, 2014
Submitted on Mar 29, 2014
5 Comments
Paul Davis you can take a look here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/114...
Thanks
Neat find! I agree that both look like mantid nymphs. These would be nice additions to the Marvelous Mantids of the World mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1573...
Thankyou both for your suggestions ,I will split the sightings in case they are different species,.
I would say Mantis nymph, some nymphs are typically ant-mimics and Odontomantis might be one candidate. Nymphs are tricky to ID. I am not sure that both are from the same species. Maybe you make different spottings with link from one to the other.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ant-Ma...
http://myitchyfingers.wordpress.com/2009...
http://www.photographersdirect.com/buyer...
Maybe an Odontomantis sp. not sure yet.