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Sphodromantis lineola

Sphodromantis lineola

Photo by Peter Rühr
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

First two pictures are the adults with the male behind/over the female. The female feeds on a house cricket (Acheta domesticus), just like the juvenile on the third pic.

Habitat:

Terrarium

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
ceherzog
Oh yeah...it does look like a cricket!
Noe and Pili
I think that Acheta domesticus is the latin name for house cricket
ceherzog
So, they're your pets?....is that the Latin name for Cockroach? Very interesting shots!
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PublishedJuly 22, 2011

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