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Peruvian Shield Mantis

Choeradodis rhombicollis

Photo by SG in CR
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Field Notes

Description:

Relatively large (approx. 4-5cm. long) bright green mantis with a rounded hood covering the front section of it. Relatively calm, seemed to be pretty confident in it's camouflage.

Notes:

Was attracted to lights in a shed in the early evening. Captured it and put it in a ventilated jar till the next morning to get some pictures of it.

Reference Links:

Choeradodis rhombicollis - Information on Choeradodis rhombicollis, Choeradodis rhombicollis

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Comments (31)
AntónioGinjaGinja
Great series Sigg,beautiful,congrats on the well deserved SOTW and thanks for sharing
LaurenZarate
Wonderful picture and angle! Congratulations!
SG in CR
Thanks to the ranger team for selecting this as spotting of the week, and to everyone else who left a comment. For those interested, a higher resolution version of this image can be found at http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17812943&size=lg.
Christiane
Wow great This is an amazing photo.. Congrats.. :)
beaker98
Great! This is very deserving Sigg! Just awesome.
KarenL
Congrats Sigg, our Ranger Team has selected this amazing mantis as its Spotting of the Week! Facebook: https://upload.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10154391726110603/?type=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/491418612083601409
MarcTe
Sigg, I only have a higher res image on my computer but not on the internet.
MarcTe
stunnign praying mantis :)
SG in CR
Everybody, thanks for the encouraging comments. ForestDragon, I've added it to your mission.
ForestDragon
Beautiful series! Please consider adding this to the Marvelous Mantids of the World mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/15738247
SG in CR
Marta, Ana, Staccy, thanks for the comments. It's the first time I've seen one of these in person. I knew they were native to this area, but I figured that you needed to be extraordinarily lucky to find one. So I was kind of excited to get some pictures of it.
staccyh
Nature is amazing, great find and nice photos.
The MnMs
Very nice close up and mantis!

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PublishedJuly 13, 2014

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