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Description:

I spotted this in my apartment in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. It sized approximately 2-3 inches in length & its body as seen in the Picture #4 was approximately 1cm wide, the head as seen in Picture #4, should approximately be .5-.8sq cm.

Species ID Suggestions

Indian rose mantis

Gongylus gongylodes

Comments (8)

Thank you Atul for welcoming me here. I was directed to this site by Donovan James King on Google+. And thank you all for your words of appreciation. I have joined today & need to know more details on Project Noah.
Nice Sequence , which can give minute details of specie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empusa_(genus)
nice series prashanth!!! welcome to project noah
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PublishedNovember 11, 2011

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