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Mantis Religiosa
Found in my back yard as a baby in a flower patch.
Spotted on Jun 21, 2012
Submitted on Jun 27, 2012
1 Comment
Cute nymph! Please consider adding this to the Marvelous Mantids of the North East mission:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1573...
This might actually be a Chinese Mantid though. European Mantises have a black spot (often ringed with white) on the upper inside of the front legs. Yours does not appear to have that marking. Like this: http://bugguide.net/node/view/341867
Here is the link to the Bugguide page for the Chinese Mantid:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/10098