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Tenodera sp.
Observing a butterfly garden full of caterpillars and chrysalises is not for the faint of heart! This beauty would normally be enthusiastically welcomed to the garden, but here she (?) is staked out in an azalea bush that happened to be where two monarch chrysalises were also hanging. We gently moved her and she seemed to take the hint and stay away. (She may be the culprit that seems to have eaten all the fritillary caterpillars in the garden.) I think this is Tenodera sinensis, but I have yet to successfully identify a mantis!
Spotted in a backyard flower garden in Kennesaw, GA
Spotted on Sep 16, 2014
Submitted on Sep 17, 2014
2 Comments
Thanks, ForestDragon!
I would say there is a very good chance at this being Tenodera sinensis. Please consider adding this to the Marvelous Mantids of the World mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1573...
Here is a link to the Tenodera page from BugGuide for your perusal: http://bugguide.net/node/view/386