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Stagmomantis sp.
Brown mantis with stripes on front legs.
California Buckwheat flowers in Oak Forest
Either S californica or C. limbata. I didn't see the wings so I don't know which one it is.
Spotted on Sep 11, 2012
Submitted on Nov 20, 2012
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Stagmomantis [californica] wheelerii, female
“Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada”
https://www.researchgate.net/project/Pra...
Oh, never mind. S. californica looks similar to S. carolina.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/138...
Wow, it looks similar to S. carolina. I have read that S. carolina was introduced to the far west, but I do not know exactly where. Not S. limbata because of it's wings shape.