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Conehead mantis

Empusa pennata

Photo by Dangermouse
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Description:

Banded forelegs similar to the empusa family and it has a head shaped similar to the conehead mantis (empusa fasciata) but the colouring is completely different. It kept moving, so most of the photos are blurry. The last one is a close up of the abdomen, which again looked different to anything I've seen before. (This is at least the fifth different type of mantis I've seen).

Reference Links:

Empusa pennata - Ecologia, Taxonomia, Morfologia, Distribuição - Naturdata.com

Species ID Suggestions

Empusa pennata

Empusa pennata

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