Light trap, Carbet ONF Piste Crique Loutre (prolongement piste Montagne Plomb)
Light trap, Carbet ONF Piste Crique Loutre (prolongement piste Montagne Plomb)
small mantids who love stretching their "arms" this way and that
Keep seeing these in the house, don’t know what they are
Boxing mantis Adult with white wings
Spotted by Jiaobao
15 Feb 2021
Family: Hymenopodidae (Typical Flower Mantises)
Subfamily: Oxypilinae
Tribe: Hestiasulini
Genus: Astyliasula
Astyliasula sarawaca
Thanks evgenyshcherbakov
"From time to time :) https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4291.2.2
Are you referring to the diagnostic characters of A. sarawaca specifically or boxers in general? If it's the former, it's easy to distinguish A. sarawaca from other boxers by the combination of its whitish-transparent wings, very extended forefemora (like in other Astyliasula) and lack of the vertex process (again, as in other Astyliasula)"
"Males of A. phyllopus have completely different wings, with extensive dark pattern. They are impossible to confuse with A. sarawaca, only females are similar and require forecoxa examination. This is a male on the photos."
Video:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6jL0Dkx-Gy/?igsh=cWN2a2Yzajdvb3dy