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Tenodera religiosa
This Mantis gets up to 7 inches long lives in trees and eats Humming birds.
Lives in Tall grass or in Tress ! Eats small Mammals such as Humming birds.
Note The Chinese and European Species are not Known to mix breed how ever , The Mantis here in Odessa get up too 7inches long and can tack up your hole hand, that's not a joke. European Species should only get up to 3 inches as Adults! My last year at this time was 4 inches. Chinese Mantis get up to 5 inches . The Mantis around here are much longer than 5 inches as an Adult and mite get bigger. I believe there mixing Species.
Spotted on Sep 23, 2012
Submitted on Sep 23, 2012
4 Comments
I have moved this to pets for you.
Hi Emily, interesting find.
This is a very large mantis!
As far as I know, Chinese Mantids and European Mantis cannot interbreed.
There is a very good chance that this is a Chinese Mantid.
Chinese Mantids can get quite large on their own and have been known to catch and kill hummingbirds (as you mentioned) among other creatures.
The coloration and size (if measurements are accurate) are consistent with the Chinese Mantid as well. Here is a link with some information:
Chinese Mantid: http://bugguide.net/node/view/10098
European Mantis: http://bugguide.net/node/view/22947
They have similar looks but there are some distinct differences.
Please adjust the common and scientific names so they are appropriate. The common name should be "Chinese Mantid" (if you agree that is what this is) or you could make it "Praying Mantis" if you aren't sure of the species or even "Mantis," or "Unknown Mantis," or even leave it blank.
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If you don't know the scientific name, that section should remain blank. Organisms known and identified by the scientific community have scientific names that consist of a Genus and Species name.
For example Chinese Mantis would have the scientific name of Tenodera aridifolia.
I hope this helps!
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This is my 2nd Mantis in 2 years some one put it on the map.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_man...
http://mantisencyclopedia.blogspot.com/