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Praying mantis

Photo by Juan DiTrani
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Eating a Skipper butterfly

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
bayucca
Poor guy is/was a Riodinidae, Emesis sp.
The MnMs
She was eating a pretty butterfly too..! Impressive wildlife in Central America. Is one of the places I most enjoyed when traveling abroad :-)

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Interaction between different species of Arthropods
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Mimetic Animals of the World
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PublishedJune 16, 2011

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