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Chinese Mantis
Tenodera sinensis
42.1663, -87.9631
Field Notes
Description:
A large mantis on my family's house in the Chicago suburbs.
From website reference:
"The Chinese mantis, imported to the east coast in 1896, is occasionally seen in the Chicago region as the result of egg cases brought in for the control of garden pests."
Lovely, it was introduced intentionally. I figured it wasn't native.
Habitat:
the suburbs, residential
Reference Links:
The Praying Mantis and Walking Stick
Species ID Suggestions
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