Praying mantis's are so cool. Almost all of them can change colors to some degree. What you have, I think, is Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii. Your photograph is breath taking! If I were you, I'd submit it to whatsthatbug.com to make sure I've id'ed it correctly and so they can put it on their site (if you don't mind sharing). It's one the best pics I've seen!! Fantastic, thanks so much for sharing it!!
Forgot to mention, the link takes you to a page and what I think is your bug is towards the bottom.
Last edited by LandOfOz; Jun 11th, 2007 at 03:34 PM. Reason: forgot something
I think it might be an orchid mantis or something similar, definately in the mantis family!
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Thanks everyone :) It could be a Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii(Sheesh thats a long name)(Thanks LandOfOz ) since I googled for it and the pictures looked similar, I sent it to http://www.whatsthatbug.com/mantis.html (Thanks LandOfOz for showing me that website) to get it identified correctly :)... I looked at Orchid mantis's as well(Thanks kennyso :biggrin:) and have to say the body shaping looks exactly like mine but without the spikes, maybe it's a member of Orchid mantis's
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