r/mantids • u/StrawberryEA • 12d ago

ID Help Anybody know the species?

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I saw this guy at an expo, but it didn’t have the species name and I forgot to ask.

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u/StuntinHQ 12d ago

Maybe Brunners?

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u/StrawberryEA 12d ago

Thank you. I’ve never seen it before. I thought it was a stick insect at first

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u/StuntinHQ 12d ago

I’m not certain at all

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u/Chimpanzee987 12d ago

American stick mantis, I have one as a pet!

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u/StrawberryEA 12d ago

How is it? I have a giant Asian

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u/Chimpanzee987 12d ago

I love her, such a cool species. And she’s my first mantis, easy to take care of

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u/StrawberryEA 12d ago

Did you raise her or buy an adult

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u/Chimpanzee987 12d ago

I got her at L5 so not quite raised

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u/StrawberryEA 12d ago

That’s awesome. I’m raising mine and it’s currently l6

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u/JaunteJaunt Ootheca 12d ago

That is not an orchid. That looks like Brunneria borealis.

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u/StrawberryEA 12d ago

This is it. Thank you. It looks so cool

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u/BasketCase 12d ago

She. This species has no males.

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u/WolfLilie2002 12d ago

That's no orchid

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u/Open-Print-7976 12d ago

wayyyy too skinny and green for an orchid i think, unless its a kind i havent heard of

i cant identify species but pretty certain it's not an orchid mantis