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Bordered Mantis

stagmomantis limbata

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Field Notes

Description:

Native to the American Southwest. A female possible ready for laying her brood.

Habitat:

United States southwest from Arizona to Texas

Notes:

This beauty was found rather late in the season but there had been a unseasonably dry/long summer that year.

Reference Links:

Stagmomantis limbata, 50 Common Insects of the Southwest - Carl E. Olson - Google Books

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PublishedOctober 10, 2011

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