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Hierodula trimaculata
Huge green Praying Mantis. It had a strange discoloration on its back.
At the coast near jungle.
It was on the doorframe of our hotel lobby. Moving pretty fast.
Spotted on Nov 2, 2013
Submitted on Nov 7, 2013
3 Comments
Okay, great. I do not think colors are a good way of distinguishing mantises. Rhomboderella might have a shield like that one too. One of the species is Rhomboderella scutata which I think means shield from the translator in latin.
http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/b...
Hey Mr Goldfish
I think you are right! The Rhombodera has those same colourations on its back. I'll do some more research. Thanks!
I do not know what Hierdula trimaculata looks like. Did you know about Rhombodera?