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Chinese Mantis

Tenodera sinensis

Photo by coriwilser
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Field Notes

Description:

Looks like a praying mantis, but I never saw them this big. It's about 3 inches long.

Habitat:

Found this one in my tomato plant as I was pulling them out for the season. also found another in our planter box in the front yard. I'm not sure what those plants are called.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
KristalWatrous
That is actually a Chinese Mantis, Tenodera sinensis. The green line down the wing edge is distinctive in this species. It is the largest mantis species found in North America. Here's a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_mantis. I spotted one a couple weeks ago: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7488773.
meganhartson
And yes this is a fully grown adult. They get to about 3 inches in length.

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PublishedOctober 25, 2011

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