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Creobroter gemmatus
A small 1 inch striped praying Mantis. I have never seen one like it before or since. Please help me identify it.
It was on a decorative bamboo plant
Spotted on May 8, 2012
Submitted on Jul 8, 2012
4 Comments
It seems to be one of the mantids in the Creobroter genus. I'm not sure which, though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creobroter
Great spotting !
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lovely find
Wow, I had never seen one like this, congrats on your spotting DianaJ.Limjoco