Can someone please identify her? I found her in my garden on a metal bar in full sun so I brought her inside last November.

[Dimity]

Here she is...

 

[Poonjab]

Praying mantis. Green color form.

 

[Albireo Wulfbooper]

Looks like a Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)

 

[Dimity]

I live in CA and she had a bit of blue on her lip so I was thinking Arizona (Bordered?) Mantis?

 

[Albireo Wulfbooper]

I live in CA and she had a bit of blue on her lip so I was thinking Arizona (Bordered?) Mantis?

It's possible. The Stagomantis species can be pretty hard to tell apart.

 

[Dimity]

Is there somewhere I can get more of the same species? I would rather release more of what I found. I would love more pets plus have Navel orange worm.

 

[RoachCoach]

Praying mantis. Green color form.

"Green Color form" I say "Striking Lime Bisque"

 

[Poonjab]

"Green Color form" I say "Striking Lime Bisque"

Morph type M-4

 

[Dimity]

Wow! Never heard of that name! Of course just starting to learn. Is there another name for them?

 

[Edan bandoot]

Wow! Never heard of that name! Of course just starting to learn. Is there another name for them?

They're kidding around.

Here's a bug guide post that might help you out

Carolina or Arizona Mantis? - Stagmomantis carolina

An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.

bugguide.net

 

[Dimity]

They're kidding around.

Here's a bug guide post that might help you out

Carolina or Arizona Mantis? - Stagmomantis carolina

An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.

bugguide.net

Thanks

 

[RoachCoach]

They're kidding around.

Here's a bug guide post that might help you out

Carolina or Arizona Mantis? - Stagmomantis carolina

An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.

bugguide.net

Ya, I already used my @mantisfan101 callout for today. It's anyone's guess.

 

[MrGhostMantis]

I live in CA and she had a bit of blue on her lip so I was thinking Arizona (Bordered?) Mantis?

Stagmomantis limbata.

 

[Edan bandoot]

Stagmomantis limbata.

i agree, the white tips of the wings seem to confirm

 

[Dimity]

i agree, the white tips of the wings seem to confirm

Thanks. That's kind of where I had landed after comparing more pics.

 

[MrGhostMantis]

i agree, the white tips of the wings seem to confirm

Not all S. limbata have the white tips. Not something you can really use to confirm. It’s the blue above the mandibles that would confirm it as a limbata.

 

[Edan bandoot]

Not all S. limbata have the white tips. Not something you can really use to confirm. It’s the blue above the mandibles that would confirm it as a limbata.

aren't there a few other american species that have the blue lips, or are my source images just misidentified (carolina,californica)

very real possibility that they were misidentified because i got lazy and used google images lol

edit: after some further research it does seem like S.limbata is the only blue-lipper, the more you know

 

[Matts inverts]

It might be a California mantis. You asked where to get more. Buy online or just look for more in your garden.

 

[MrGhostMantis]

It might be a California mantis. You asked where to get more. Buy online or just look for more in your garden.

No, californica doesn’t have the blue around the mouth.

 

[Dimity]

She definitely had the blue around the mouth. I'll look in the garden but our weather has been so strange all year going from 1 extreme to the next