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Stagmomantis carolina
This little fellow Dropped in on me....literally. It jumped off the garage roof and landed in a little tree. His wings were dark and transparent, which I thought was odd. Most of the ones I have seen before were all green. This one was all brown. He or she posed for pictures for quite a while. Have a few more to add....keep watching!
Great series! The reason this one looked different is because he's a different species. This fine fellow is a native species, Stagmomantis carolina, and a male. They look quite different than Mantis religiosa (by mantis standards). I'd rather find one of these any day than an introduced species!
Here is another one that looks like yours:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/700988/bgi...
praying you won't whack him?.. mantids often come in green forms with occasional brown ones.. usually about 80% and 20% from memory.. at least that's what ours do... nice shots!
Spotted on Aug 31, 2012
Submitted on Sep 4, 2012
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