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Bark mantis

Humbertiella similis

Photo by Harsha Singh
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A brown praying mantis. Brilliant camouflage!

Notes:

The pictures with food and without food were clicked on separate days.

Species ID Suggestions

Bark Mantid

Tarachodes
Johan Heyns
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Comments (4)
Harsha Singh
If it wasn't for your help I would never have gotten close to its ID. Thanks Johan. Finally ID-ed!
Harsha Singh
Johan i saw your mantis and it looks quite similar. You might be somewhere near naming it. :)
Johan Heyns
Below link to a ground mantid. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/10466757 We do however live in two different continents so I might be wrong.
Harsha Singh
Two new pictures added, in which the mantis can be seen feeding on a moth (The moth being eaten is reported as a spotting on this link-http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7639232). When it was chewing its brilliant orange mouth parts became visible.

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Indian Mantises
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2011

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