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No idea what it is. latin name was "Gonodactylus spp/Squilla" - if its a spearer it cant be a gonodactylus right?
I will take some photos real soon.
Here is a photo of how it came from the shop just until it settles in:

Seems to have a big eye spot on the carapace/neck area..



James
p.s - it's looking to be a Raoulserenea komaii according to roys list of stomatopods. will have to see how the colour is when it's out of the bag.
It also has 2 black spots just after the appendages under his belly, and two more on the underside of his tail "feathers" - excuse my poor taxonomy!

cool critter mez ,,if its a spearer does that mean it can be kept in a reg glass tank ? or does it need thick glass or acrylic like the other type ?

Almost all mantis, including clubbers, can be kept in glass tanks.
Only a really big peacock mantis might cause a threat. But yeah, spearers dont have clubs.

How do you feed something like that?

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

I feed the one at my store by hand. Picks krill right from my fingers in the blink of an eye. He's still small though. If the mantis is the only animal in the tank, you can just drop it in, or use a feeding stick to get it close to their cave.

Nice new mantis mez. I like his spots!

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Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients

Matty, turns out its a very rare mantis, a Raoulserenea komaii it would appear, or at least a Raoulserenea species.
Feeding, yeah clubbers can be fed by hand if you have one that wont attack you, i would not risk it with a spearer though.
In those pictures nat if you look closely you can see the mantis holding the black molly - the way it stalked it round the tank and then literally speared it, i wont have my hands in there too close.
However, when feeding lancefish, squid etc a pair of tongs suitable for morays or even a pair of scissors is fine. I've also found out that they can still "bash" things like a clubber!

That shrimp seems unnecessarily fierce.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

just thought id post some more photos now its more settled in.