Chinese Mantid
Tenodera aridifolia
Description:
One female and four males were dangling from Goldenrod (Solidago sp.)
Habitat:
Spotted in the meadow at Memorial Lake State Park.
Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, USA
Spotted on Sep 14, 2012
Submitted on Sep 17, 2012
4 Comments
Thanks for all the nice comments! This was a first for me too and probably a once in a lifetime. First I saw a single male about 10 yds away. Maybe there is a shortage of females! Andre, maybe she had a much deserved Thanksgiving feast!
Great series! Welcome to Project Noah, Mary
Aw...which lucky fella will get his head ripped off?
Oh my gosh! I have never seen anything like it before. Amazing!