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Mantis Religiosa
Somehow found this guy hiding in a large field of plants-- he was perfectly camouflaged!
Lovely series! This mantis reminds me more of a Chinese Mantid though. It seems that they occasionally have a very small dark spot in the armpit area. The dark marks on the front part of the leg are consistent with the markings that I see with other Chinese Mantids.
Here is my spotting of an adult (brown phase) Chinese Mantid: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/140... If you look at the second picture you will see the dark markings.
Here is a green one from Bugguide:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/557647/bgi...
Either way, I would love to see this in the Marvelous Mantids of the North East mission:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1573...
Encourage his presence. He will keep your bed of plants relatively bug free.
You can tease him a bit also with a small twig; but don't let the tig touch him.
Spotted on Jul 30, 2013
Submitted on Jul 30, 2013
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