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Praying Mantis

Sphodromantis viridis

Photo by AlphaZeroOne
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Praying Mantis

Habitat:

Scrub land

Notes:

This Mantid was saved in the nick of time from becoming a tasty snack for a local feral cat,

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Mr. Goldfish
Looks like Iris oratoria female. http://bugguide.net/node/view/431999/bgimage
Photographed
PublishedOctober 23, 2011

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