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Fcamdog
10/25/2001, 12:02 AM
I found this guy out hunting on the reef flats...

Fcamdog
10/25/2001, 12:08 AM
The picture...

Fcamdog
10/25/2001, 12:10 AM
Another picture...

biomekanic
10/25/2001, 10:28 AM
Hey there Fcamdog, since you're in Hawaii, have you run into these guys:

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/tcp/Escolopes.html

there's a number of people over on the ceph list (including me) looking for them, but no one can find a source. I've tried talking to collectors there and not heard word one back. would a fishing lisence let you collect these guys and overnight them back here to the states?

Angel*Fish
10/25/2001, 02:56 PM
It looks dead

Fcamdog
10/25/2001, 05:43 PM
He's alive, was just sitting still, like a nice mantis!

ISFRAEL
10/25/2001, 07:42 PM
hey fcam

that mantis would have awesome campflauge on a nice sandy bottom. how did you see that?

Fcamdog
10/25/2001, 07:56 PM
Movement...and lots of practice looking for them. He was one of about 4 I tried to catch early last evening.