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Egyptian Flower Mantis Nymph

Blepharopsis mendica

Photo by Bernadette S
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

small mantis nymph, white and green stripes

Habitat:

spotted on an acacia tree in a coastal desert wadi (Wadi G'Nai)

Notes:

aka Devil's Flower Mantis, Thistle Mantis, and Arab Mantis

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Blepharopsis mendica

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Comments (40)
rams4d
Impressive, Congrats !!!
HemaShah
must be a lovely sight! As it is these are friendly creatures.
Bernadette S
Thank you! Shokran! It is an honor and I am happy to share some desert critters from Egypt with with world. :-)
TL
Marvelous! truly well camouflaged
Tom15
Great shot, congratulations on SOTD!
Andrea Lim
What a great critter. Congratulations for your SOTD !!
RiekoS
Congratulations, Bernadette! This is new to my eyes and thank you so much for sharing.
Maria dB
Congratulations, Bernadette! :)
Adarsha B S
Congratulations..Very well deserved and really amazing :)
LaurenZarate
Congratulations Bernadette, wonderful series!
staccyh
Lovely series, congrats on sotd.
JillBlack
Beautiful Mantis. Congratulations on SOTD
KarenL
Congratulations Bernadette, your cool mantis nymph has earned you Spotting of the Day! A mantis nymph waits well camouflaged in an Acacia tree waiting to ambush prey in our Spotting of the Day. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153425436420603&set=a.10152383557885603.943728.10150120463815603&type=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/396532102755135488
Bernadette S
Thank you all for your kind comments! @Gilma, from his head to where his body is bent is about 4 cm.
DanielePralong
What a stunning creature! Fantastic spotting Bernadette.
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
That is one gorgeous Mantis!! Great series, Bernadette S. It looks pretty big in the picture but you say it is a Nymph, what size was it? You did a great job with the pictures if it was big and a fantastic job if it was little... : )
RiekoS
It is so nice. Thank you so much for sharing.
Bernadette S
Thanks, Luis! He was a cutie, Despina. :-) Lucky for me he was sitting right at eye level so as I went close to the acacia to smell the beautiful flowers, he was easy to spot!

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PublishedNovember 1, 2013

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