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Description:

A praying mantis with wasp markings,i think

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Comments (4)
Uday
its a mantidfly!
lori.tas
That is a really amazing wasp-mimic mantidfly.
John La Salle
This is actually quite a cool insect in the family Mantispidae (mantidflies) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantispidae Not all that common - so a nice sighting.
Apple
Do you have a picture closer to the head?
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2012

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