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Chinese Mantis

Tenodera sinensis

Description:

Adult about 12 cm long, bright green underneath, brown dorsal side. Egg case attached to an Eastern Red Cedar branch - approx. 3 x 4 cm, texture like styrofoam.

Habitat:

Adult found in reed canary grass along trail at the edge of a cattail marsh. Egg case found on Cedar tree in successional open field (mowed for Woodcock habitat)

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ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

Please consider adding this to the Marvelous Mantids of the North East mission:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1573...

dcfieldview
Spotted by
dcfieldview

Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Spotted on Oct 5, 2011
Submitted on Oct 7, 2011

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