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California Praying Mantis (Male)

Stagmomantis species.

Photo by HemaShah
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

This Praying Mantis was high up on the wall of Safeway,under bright lights.

Habitat:

bushes.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
ForestDragon
This looks like a Stagmomantis species. There are a couple in California so I can't tell you exactly which one he is. This one is a male. Here is a link to the Bugguide page for this Genus: http://bugguide.net/node/view/4820/bgpage
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2013

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