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Hierodula patellifera
This is a Giant Asian Mantis that i found on the wall of my house. This praying mantis is green in color, and it has white spots on both side of its wings. The size of this praying mantis is about 65 mm in length.
- Spotted on the wall of my house. Usually, it can be found in trees and in grasslands at the edges of forests.
- This praying mantis is from the Mantidae family. Thanks to Lenny Worthington for the ID.
* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Arthropoda
* Class: Insecta
* Order: Mantodea
* Family: Mantidae
* Genus: Hierodula
* Species: H. patellifera
hard to ID mantis is right! we have them in missouri which seem hach out around june or july in the evergreens trees! hundreds of them
you better watch out for thoes, the smaller one attack! and go for the ears and eyes! a gaint one like that could draw blood on human easy
Thanks Lenny for the ID...
Finally, the first ID for my mantis spotting. It is hard to ID the mantis here...
Spotted on Jul 3, 2014
Submitted on Jul 3, 2014
