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Mantis

Photo by ChunXingWong
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Field Notes

Description:

A large (female) praying mantis "posing for photographs". About 50 - 80 mm long. This either a wingless adult or an oversized juvenile. A Hierodula sp. or a close genus.

Habitat:

On the canopy bridge in Rainforest Discovery Center (RDC), Sandakan, Sabah.

Notes:

>>>Map accuracy : 300m diameter.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
ChunXingWong
Thank you all for your comments and suggestion. It certainly does look like a Hierodula sp.

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Borneo's Bio
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Arthropods Below The Wind - Sabah
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Marvelous Mantids of the World

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PublishedDecember 20, 2013

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