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Carolina Mantis, male

Stagmomantis carolina

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Carolina Mantis, male
Stagmomantis carolina Species Stagmomantis carolina - Carolina Mantis - BugGuide.Net


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5 Comments

AmyMass
AmyMass 10 years ago

Yes I did. He was back a second night with wings spread so I took another pic and added it then. Thanks for the id help.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 10 years ago

Did you add that lovely image with the wings open since my comment? This looks like Stagmomantis carolina. :)

AmyMass
AmyMass 10 years ago

Thanks

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 10 years ago

Hi Amy! This beautiful guy is a male from Genus Stagmomantis.
He could be a Carolina Mantis, Stagmomantis carolina: http://bugguide.net/node/view/4821

or
Stagmomantis limbata: http://bugguide.net/node/view/149885

or a California Mantis, Stagmomantis californica: http://bugguide.net/node/view/7985

There are some slight differences between the species. According to the descriptions on Bugguide, I am leaning towards Stagmomantis carolina since your guy has eyes that protrude quite a bit. I can't say for sure though so I will let you make your own decision.

I hope this helps!

AmyMass
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AmyMass

Texas, USA

Spotted on Sep 18, 2013
Submitted on Sep 16, 2013

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