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Carolina Mantis - Stagmomantis carolina - male
Copyright © 2004 Bob Patterson

Carolina Mantis - Stagmomantis carolina - Male
Bowie, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
August 28, 2004
Someone told me this was probably a Carolina Mantis, but it has no white on the wings (wing covers?) like in Pat Coin's photos here. Regional variation or some other species?
Contributed by Bob Patterson on 18 February, 2005 - 6:18pm

Male Carolina mantis
This is a male Carolina mantis. This is also the "standard" color pattern, a mottled greenish brown. Females are flightless, much larger, and are either green, or grizzled gray.
… Eric R. Eaton, 18 February, 2005 - 6:23pm

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