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Stagmomantis sp.
Last year I kept a praying mantis overnight and it laid an ootheca (egg sac). These are a few of the nymphs that hatched. The first two photos (of the same nymph) are on my finger. The third photo shows a nymph on top of a penny for size comparison. Here is the female the day before she laid the ootheca: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/972...
The mantis that produced these babies was found on my porch.
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I'll join and add it. Thanks!
Nice macros! There are little mantid nymphs all around where I live, right now. They are all Tenodera sinensis though (Chinese Mantis). I would love to see this added to the Marvelous Mantids of the World mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1573...