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Description:

A mantis, yes, but what kind?

Species ID Suggestions

Praying Mantis
Slate
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Grizzled mantid

Gonatista grisea

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LarryGraziano
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Comments (11)
LarryGraziano
BTW...bpaulling, great first spotting! Welcome to projectnoah. I am so excited to see your future postings. Thanks for sharing!!!!!
LarryGraziano
I agree. What has me perplexed are that the colors in this photo are so brilliant compared to any others I have seen. Thanks. You have all made me quite confident with the I.D.
bpaulling
Ig, the following image from your suggestion really sells me on it: http://bugguide.net/node/view/586127/bgimage
LarryGraziano
Don't be so sure. We really need to delve into this further to make sure that my I.D. is completely accurate. Accuracy is the point on Project Noah!
LarryGraziano
an amazingly difficult mantis to identify. I think I have it but I could be wrong. there are so many photos of this mantis with varying colors. However, the shape and variegation are nearly exact....
Jonathan Sequeira
I am still looking for the ID this one is similar: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6043487
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PublishedNovember 19, 2011

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