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Praying mantis

Mantodea

Photo by mattycashman
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Field Notes

Description:

Mantodea is an order of insects that contains over 2,400 species and about 430 genera in 15 families worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. Most of the species are in the family Mantidae. Wikipedia

Habitat:

Forest

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ForestDragon
This would be a nice addition to the Marvelous Mantids of the North East mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/15738247

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PublishedSeptember 29, 2013

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