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0 4 Large Brown Mantid (nymph)

Large Brown Mantid (nymph)

by LeanneGardnerMackay, Queensland, Australia

1 1 Large Brown Mantid

Large Brown Mantid

by ChristianeQueensland, Australia

Praying Mantis having a moth for dinner..

0 1 Large Brown Mantid Ootheca

Large Brown Mantid Ootheca

by StephenSolomonsGosford, New South Wales, Australia

2 6 Chinese Mantid

Chinese Mantid

by ForestDragonWestbury, New York, USA

Large, light

0 0 Praying mantids

Praying mantids

by DangermouseAlgarve, Portugal

photos that I noticed the third, smaller, green

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by C.SydesLimpopo, South Africa

a large

1 1 Purplewinged Mantid

Purplewinged Mantid

by LeanneGardnerQueensland, Australia

Purplewinged Mantids are also known as ...

0 7 Bark Mantid

Bark Mantid

by SatyenMehtaVasai-Virar, Maharashtra, India

A large

2 2 Large Brown Mantid

Large Brown Mantid

by ShannaB2340, New South Wales, Australia

Spotted by my keen-eyed Mum in Tamworth Botanical Gardens. This guy was about ...

8 4 False Garden Mantid

False Garden Mantid

by ChristianeQueensland, Australia

False Garden Mantids have two colour forms ...

0 0 Chinese Mantis

Chinese Mantis

by ForestDragonUSA

Large mantis. Mostly light

7 4 Chinese Mantid nymph

Chinese Mantid nymph

by ForestDragonNew York, USA

Spotting # 700! Large nymph. Warm

3 0 Chinese Mantis

Chinese Mantis

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

This one is likely a male due to size and ability to fly.

11 11 Large Brown Mantid (female)

Large Brown Mantid (female)

by Andrea LimCairns, Queensland, Australia

Large yellow-

0 2 Chinese Mantis

Chinese Mantis

by AbigailParkerPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Large greenish-

5 3 Large Brown Mantid (Nymph)

Large Brown Mantid (Nymph)

by naross

Archimantis latistyla, commonly known as the "

4 9 Large Brown Mantid (female)

Large Brown Mantid (female)

by Neil RossFairfield, Queensland, Australia

brown

1 0 Praying Mantis

Praying Mantis

by CindyBaecherElkhart, Indiana, USA

They have triangular heads poised on a long "neck," or elongated thorax.

0 0 Praying Mantis

Praying Mantis

by grumpygumpKingston, Ontario, Canada

elongated thorax. Mantids can turn their ...

2 6 Mantis

Mantis

by CindyBinghamKeiserSan Diego, California, USA

This large mantis has yellow wings in a ...

1 2 Chinese Mantis Ootheca

Chinese Mantis Ootheca

by Lynn CremonaNeptune Township, New Jersey, USA

The word mantis comes from the Greek mantikos, for soothsayer or prophet. ...

8 4 Mantid nymph

Mantid nymph

by CindyBinghamKeiserSan Diego, California, USA

Immature mantid with blue on the tip of the ...

1 1 Chinese Mantis (male)

Chinese Mantis (male)

by BugEricOhio, USA

Very large, stout mantis. Most specimens ...

3 2 False Garden Mantid (♂)

False Garden Mantid (♂)

by Mark RidgwayMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

About 50mm long. Eyes red (at night time?) Wing covers in an attractive green. ...

1 0 Praying Mantis

Praying Mantis

by JordiPratsSulawesi Selatan, Indonesia

About 10cm total large, green it has an eye ...

5 0 Leaf Mantid

Leaf Mantid

by Elsa van Eck

Large (body length 44 mm). Sexes differ in ...

3 1 (Female) Bordered Mantis

(Female) Bordered Mantis

by CindyBinghamKeiserSan Diego, California, USA

Green mantis with a very large abdomen. ...

3 2 Iris mantis

Iris mantis

by PatriciaPiComunitat Valenciana, Spain

species is also distinctive in possessing two

6 4 Iris mantis

Iris mantis

by PatriciaPiComunitat Valenciana, Spain

species is also distinctive in possessing two

0 1 European Mantis

European Mantis

by dane.a.hep

genera in 15 families, by far the largest family being Mantidae ("

3 7 Giant Philippine Mantis

Giant Philippine Mantis

by AgnesAdiqueTalaveraBiñan, Laguna, Philippines

) ============= Hierodula parviceps, the Asian Marbled Mantis or Giant ...

3 3 Praying Mantis

Praying Mantis

by e s cFlorida, USA

Praying Mantis are typically green or brown ...

0 0 Giant Philippine Mantis

Giant Philippine Mantis

by AgnesAdiqueTalaveraLaguna, Philippines

Mantis, is a large species, and come in ...

1 0 Praying Mantis

Praying Mantis

by JorgeGómezPalomaresEnsenada, Baja California, Mexico

These species will vary in size. For example the Carolina

2 4 Mediterranean Mantis' Ootheca

Mediterranean Mantis' Ootheca

by arlandaTres Cantos, Madrid, Spain

distinctive in having two large startling ...

0 0 Grasshopper

Grasshopper

by JammAsลพบุรี, Thailand

. Some grasshoppers spit a brown bitter ...

3 6 Northern Walkingstick

Northern Walkingstick

by jgorneauCairo, New York, United States

. Walkingsticks have long, skinny bodies which closely resembles twigs or stems ...

1 1 Mantis Religiosa

Mantis Religiosa

by Rommel MuñozTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras

perched on top of a stiff neck, which is actually an elongated thorax.

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