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Tenodera sinensis
Family: Mantidae, Subfamily: Mantinae, Tribe: Polyspilotini. Long, slender, green and tan with green eyes. Female (because of the large size) Over 3 inches (8 cm) Seen eating an insect.. Diet: Mostly insects. Cannibalistic. Beneficial insect. Can lay up to 400 eggs in nest.
Open woodlands on milkweed where insects are plentiful. (Near Appalachian Trail - Pennsylvania)
Introduced from China to North America in 1895 as a pest control. https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/14... - Take a look at this link.
Spotted on Sep 16, 2012
Submitted on Sep 17, 2012
9 Comments
great series and video !!
Nice series and video!
Thanks so much dotun55. I am certainly enjoying your photos, but take a look at this Chinese Praying mantis link. The video is so freaky and one of my best spots. Thanks for your nice comments. https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/14...
Great spottings you've got here with an extra-cool profile and profile picture. Kudos!
I really love these guys. It might be worth noting that they can be beneficial but they are also known to prey on native species of mantids, spiders and even small animals like lizards and birds (since they don't discriminate on their diet). Pretty interesting creatures!
Nice spotting Carol and the perspective of the picture is nice too =)
Nice series and video! It looks like it was bath time :)
thanks! It was tricky to photograph because it was under the shade of leaves and I didn't want to scare it away!
Cool !!