Got a possible graphurus yesterday!

Hadla · Dec 23, 2021

Got a new mantis yesterday, I’m pretty sure it’s a Gonodactylaceus graphurus after finding this page: https://museum.wa.gov.au/online-collections/names/gonodactyllaceus-graphurus

He looks exactly like that picture, I didn’t take any pics myself but my friend sent me the one below before I saw it in person. I love him! I’ve never seen one in person before so it’s another species checked off the list that I’ve now kept

such pretty blues on him

Brady4000 · Dec 23, 2021

Hey Hadla!!

Glad to see your still roaming around here! Congratulations on the new Mantis!

Hadla · Dec 23, 2021

Yeah I constantly check for new stuff in the mantis forum

thanks

Brady4000 · Dec 23, 2021

Hadla said:
Yeah I constantly check for new stuff in the mantis forum thanks

Start some build threads. So I can have something to follow. I have the mantis forms on alert so that’s how I always find you lol.

Hadla · Dec 23, 2021

Haha I’m more active in the mantis groups on Facebook. I don’t really build tanks lol. I just put sand and rocks from one of my other tanks and I’m good

vetteguy53081 · Dec 23, 2021

Looks very close to and this time of the year especially in the carribean which is getting their winter, they are found within live rock as hitchhikers . They for sure require a shelled diet in which they will dismember them and eat away.

Hadla · Dec 23, 2021

There’s baby snails and tiny hermits always in the tank if he’s interested in hunting, I just feed every tank every three days or so and I usually offer the tongs to the mantises lol

Brady4000 · Dec 28, 2021

Hadla said:
There’s baby snails and tiny hermits always in the tank if he’s interested in hunting, I just feed every tank every three days or so and I usually offer the tongs to the mantises lol

How many mantis tanks do you have?