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Praying Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Photo by terpsfan1311
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Field Notes

Habitat:

The praying mantis can mostly be found in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperature areas

Species ID Suggestions

Chinese Mantid

Tenodera sinensis

Comments (2)

Cool find! I believe you have a lovely adult Chinese Mantid here. This would be a great addition to the Marvelous Mantids of the North East mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/15738247 Welcome to Project Noah!
Welcome to Project Noah, Terpsfan1311 Interesting spotting,congrats and thanks for sharing I hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: I invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. There are also the chats for help with identification, and to comment on your own and others’ spottings. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions Enjoy yourself here, see you around!
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PublishedOctober 13, 2013

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