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Praying mantis

Tenodera sp.

Notes:

Approximately 6 inches long.

2 Species ID Suggestions

mistomatic
mistomatic 13 years ago
Praying Mantis


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4 Comments

VanessaSand
VanessaSand 13 years ago

Its most likely a European or a Chinese Mantis, Im thinking a Chinese tho based on his coloring.
I raise all kinds of Mantids indoors.

rachaelkeihl
rachaelkeihl 13 years ago

It was late august actually. I just had the picture on my phone still. It was cool

lori.tas
lori.tas 13 years ago

That looks like a sculpture to me.

dan
dan 13 years ago

It's some type of praying mantis. Cool! Did you really spot it in February? How unusual.

rachaelkeihl
Spotted by
rachaelkeihl

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Aug 23, 2010
Submitted on Feb 24, 2011

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