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So this the one?!?! the 'elusive' Larger Florida mantis?
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<blockquote data-quote="MantidLord" data-source="post: 225551" data-attributes="member: 1732"><p>How do you know it's "impossible"? Yen has created threads of his trips to Arizona I believe, and he had pictures of carolinas with unbelievable size variation. Perhaps these abnormally large ones are at the extremes of the variation? It's certainly possible given the history of this species having a lot of variation in size. I think the proper way would be to either (as Ntsees said) look at wing venation or better yet, analyze the genitalia. Until then, we can't be certain. I do think it's weird though. Heck, maybe it is a hybrid between the two species. Stagmomantis limbata and carolina have been produced hybrids before (I have proof if you want the article!!!) however the nymphs were weak and they died. Maybe carolina hooked up with floridensis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MantidLord, post: 225551, member: 1732"] How do you know it's "impossible"? Yen has created threads of his trips to Arizona I believe, and he had pictures of carolinas with unbelievable size variation. Perhaps these abnormally large ones are at the extremes of the variation? It's certainly possible given the history of this species having a lot of variation in size. I think the proper way would be to either (as Ntsees said) look at wing venation or better yet, analyze the genitalia. Until then, we can't be certain. I do think it's weird though. Heck, maybe it is a hybrid between the two species. Stagmomantis limbata and carolina have been produced hybrids before (I have proof if you want the article!!!) however the nymphs were weak and they died. Maybe carolina hooked up with floridensis. [/QUOTE]
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