Grizzled Mantid (Gonatista grisea) | Project Noah

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Photo by Machi

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Field Notes

Description:

In two of the photos, you can see it eating an insect. It had excellent camouflage and I didn't notice it sitting there for the longest time while I took photos of other things on the tree.

Habitat:

Maple tree covered in lichens in a suburban yard

Reference Links:

Species Gonatista grisea - Grizzled Mantid - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

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I thought so too! I'm actually going to upload some spottings of lichen because that tree had so many types.

the lichen around this is awesome too.

Yeah I was thinking Grizzled Mantis, but I don't know enough about them to determine if this is one or a similar looking species.

It looks like some kind of mantis.

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