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Praying Mantis

Stagmomantis sp.

Photo by OLU.mckenna
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

praying mantis, about 4 in. long, a brown color

Habitat:

usually lives in hot weather, also it was found in hot weather

Notes:

this praying mantis was found on my garage door, most praying mantis's are green or brown.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
ForestDragon
This looks like a beautiful adult male mantis from genus Stagmomantis. There are a couple of species from this genus so it's hard for me to say which one it is.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2010

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