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Mantis

Stagmomantis sp.

Photo by Tom15
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Field Notes

Description:

This mantid was out at night on a bush filled with aphids.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (9)
Mr. Goldfish
I could not find any pictures of most of the Stagmomantis species.
Tom15
Mr Goldfish I changed this back to just the genus. There are a bunch of different species of Stagmomantis and not many pictures of the other species on the net.
Mr. Goldfish
Another species of Stagmomantis I think it could be. http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1183452
Tom15
Mr. Goldfish do you have another species that this might be? Thanks for any help you might have.
Mr. Goldfish
Might not be S. carolina. I think its thorax is long but maybe not.
Ashish
Tom every Mantis is amazingly beautiful if you able to spot them in their own habitat. Till I spot I did not know what a mantis can be here is one special specie from India..... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/15852005
Tom15
Thanks Ashish. Carolina Mantis is highly variable and looks like a good choice.
Ashish
May be following or related to it... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_mantis
Ashish
Mantis has many kind mimic shapes match with their habitat.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2013

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