Thursday 6 December 2012

Is this what I think it is, pray?



6 comments:

red dirt girl said...

(o)

xxx

Cro Magnon said...

Yes it is, but not our European variety.

Joanne Noragon said...

And the North American mantis are bright green.

smartcat said...

Definitely! But not quite what we have here in New England. Ours are greener! They look like aliens, don't they.

Relatively Retiring said...

Any questions like this, refer to my nephew, Pohanginapete! I think you're already in touch.

pohanginapete said...

It's a nymph of the recently arrived (in New Zealand) South African mantis, Miomantis caffra. They're now the more common mantis in the north of New Zealand and seem to be slowly extending their range further south — they've now been found in Christchurch.