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Bordered Praying Mantis

Stagmomantis limbata

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Field Notes

Description:

This female praying mantis had just finished laying her egg case (ootheca) when I spotted her on a creosote bush. The egg case was still foamy and moist-looking. I had just missed it! But I was happy to find her with her egg sack. Usually I find these egg cases already dried and empty so this was a neat find.

Habitat:

Franklin Mountains, Chihuahuan desert.

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ForestDragon
Please consider adding this interesting spotting to the Marvelous Mantids of the World mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/15738247

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Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
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Marvelous Mantids of the World

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PublishedSeptember 18, 2015

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