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Praying Mantis

Stagmomantis sp.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Carolina Mantis, female
Stagmomantis carolina Species Stagmomantis carolina - Carolina Mantis - BugGuide.Net


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ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

Hi Jody, nice find! This lovely Mantis is a female Carolina Mantis. You can tell because of the shape of her body and the length of her wings.
Sphodromantis viridis (Giant African Mantis) doesn't occur in North America from what I can tell. There are no reports of it occurring.

I hope this helps!

Jo D.
Spotted by
Jo D.

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Spotted on Oct 11, 2012
Submitted on Oct 27, 2012

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