Indian flower mantis or Creobroter gemmatus

Shot this little beauty on my apartment corridor!
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comments (9)

WildFlower

Lion

It's a flower mantis Creobroter sp., maybe Creobroter gemmatus. Do you have a photo of the pattern on the wings to confirm the ID? Posted 8 years ago
1. Ganesh Seshachar
  
  Lion
  
  Yes, here you go https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25556665/DSC_4718.jpg
  Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. WildFlower
    
    Lion
    
    Thanks, it seems that there are a few similar species that are dificult to identify and that some of the photos available online have been misidentified. I couldn't find any information on their distribution range either. I'll ask one of our members Stuart who is rearing similar mantises if he knows more about them.
    
    You can upload this second photo to JD too and link them in the description. Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago
  2. 1. Ganesh Seshachar
      
      Lion
      
      Thank you very much,
      Stuart, here is another photo https://www.jungledragon.com/image/45747 showing wing patterns, would appreciate your help in identifying the species :-) Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago

Stuart

Lion

Hi - what a wonderful picture. Sorry for the delay in responding, been stupidly busy with work. I believe you have the species correct - as Wildflower says, there are a number of species that look almost identical. I don't believe it is the similar Creobroter Nebulosa as the patterns on the raptorial arms are slightly different. Also, the colour of the 'hood' appears to be brown rather than green as shown in your picture. After checking, I do think that a great number of images on various sources online have been incorrectly identified as 1 species rather than the other but I'm not at a level yet where I can definitively say that this species is 'X'. Posted 8 years ago
1. Ganesh Seshachar
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you very much Stuart, for your inputs!
  
  Posted 8 years ago