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Praying Mantis

Mantis religiosa

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Field Notes

Description:

Two praying mantis remains.

Habitat:

Urban garden

Notes:

I'm pretty sure they weren't molting.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
CorduneanuVlad
If they weren't molting, they were mating. The female has a bad habit of eating her smaller mate during the copulation. So what you see there is the dead female and the remains of the male.

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PublishedOctober 12, 2011

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