Subject: Colombian Mantis ID?
Location: Medellin, Colombia
June 15, 2013 4:11 am
Hi,
My friend, Juan Pablo Silva, found and photographed this amazing mantis in the city centre of Medellin Colombia. He gave me permission to send it to entomology websites for identification obviously as long as I say he took the picture.
Here’s the flickr link to the mantis picture:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juansilva93/9032495052/
thanks 🙂
Signature: Daniel M
Dear Daniel,
We do not recognize your friend’s Mantis, and we haven’t the time right now to search for its identity. There are many Mantis aficionados in the world, and perhaps one of our readers will write in with an identification before we can do the research.
Update: June 5, 2014
We just received a comment that this isseudovates peruviana, which can be viewed on the Mantes Exotiques forum.
Nice photo. Thanks for sharing. It looks like a leaf attach to a stem. We people should took care of our environments so that this kind of living creatures stays longer and its consanguine will continue to live in many decades, and also the next generation will see the beauty of nature.
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Nice photo. Thanks for sharing. It looks like a leaf attach to a stem. We people should took care of our environments so that this kind of living creatures stays longer and its consanguine will continue to live in many decades, and also the next generation will see the beauty of nature.
case colombia
I’m not positive, but this mantis looks a lot like the Texas Unicorn Mantis, Phyllovates chlorophaea. The information I’ve been able to collect indicates that Texas Unicorn Mantids range from Texas to northern South America, so it’s definitely possible. In any case, it’s a lovely specimen, and an excellent picture!
Thank you for this possible identification.
I agree, female Phyllovates! Not sure it’s possible to get her to species from this information though.
Thanks a lot everyone,
It does indeed seem like a female Phyllovate chloraphaea
kind regards,
Daniel
Thanks a lot everyone,
It does indeed seem like a female Phyllovate chloraphaea
kind regards,
Daniel
Hi, I’m also from medellin Colombia and some years ago I had this same species as a pet … it’s beautiful … its is kind “pseudovates peruviana” … sorry but I translated the text, I do not speak very much English.
Happy day.
Diego Rios – [email protected]
Thanks for the identification.
Hi, I’m also from medellin Colombia and some years ago I had this same species as a pet … it’s beautiful … its is kind “pseudovates peruviana” … sorry but I translated the text, I do not speak very much English.
Happy day.
Diego Rios – [email protected]
Woah ! I wonder if it’s even a bug. At my first sight, I think it’s a leaf attached to it’s tiny branch of tree. But Nature is unpredictable. The bug is simply amazing. Thanks to the author for posting this and my regards to other commentators, for identifying this bug.
Regards,
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Woah ! I wonder if it’s even a bug. At my first sight, I think it’s a leaf attached to it’s tiny branch of tree. But Nature is unpredictable. The bug is simply amazing. Thanks to the author for posting this and my regards to other commentators, for identifying this bug.
Regards,
play.google.com