Mantid eating monarch - Tenodera sinensis

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… Kris Anderson, 4 October, 2018 - 9:36pm

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The vertically striped face, bright green stripe along the tegmina and the size of the mantid (relative to the prey and the vegetation) peg this as a Tenoderan. Both T. sinensis and T. angustipennis are present in New Jersey and I can't see enough here to make a species ID.

… John Stanard, 11 September, 2016 - 3:53pm

Mantid eating monarch

Thanks for the correction. I saw the stripes on the face, but they appeared to be more ridges than stripes, and I thought that the light line along the abdomen meant that it was Mantis.

I'll post another photo that will show more of the body.

… prairie flower, 11 September, 2016 - 8:34pm

Racing Stripe

Mantis religiosa has a "racing stripe" along the edge of the tegmina. On green forms it is red/white, while on brown forms it is brown/white.

Your insect doesn't have this; it has a bright green stripe along the tegmina.

As for the striped face, it would be more correct to describe it as "ridged", but it is better described as "striped" for ease of description for most of those reading these pages.

… John Stanard, 11 September, 2016 - 10:35pm

Mantid eating monarch

Okay, thanks for the clarification.

… prairie flower, 11 September, 2016 - 10:43pm

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… metrioptera, 11 September, 2016 - 2:38pm

Mantid eating monarch

Use FL key -- Mantis religiosa.

Thanks for including that reference link.

… prairie flower, 11 September, 2016 - 3:18pm

Mantid eating monarch

I don't see a response to my question as to whether this mantid is the European Mantis religiosa or the Chinese mantid. Please comment.
Thank you.

… prairie flower, 11 September, 2016 - 3:08pm