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Praying Mantis

Mantodea

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Field Notes

Description:

Praying mantids are often easily recognised due to their large size, which can range from 10 to 120 millimetres in body length and their way of standing with forelegs held together as if they were praying.

Habitat:

South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. United States and Canada

Notes:

I was aboout to go outside and this guy was hanging on my screen door

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PublishedOctober 18, 2015

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