Mantid - Litaneutria obscura

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Amelinae » Ground Mantids (Litaneutria) » Litaneutria obscura

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Mantid - Litaneutria obscura -

Carr Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 4, 2016

Found crawling on ground in open area up near Carr Ruins.

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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 28 September, 2016 - 8:45pm
Last updated 22 April, 2018 - 11:56pm

Moved

Moved from Litaneutria minor.

… metrioptera, 22 April, 2018 - 11:56pm

Litaneutria minor

This is an immature female. After her next molt she will be an adult, with a stubby pair of wings like this one.

… John Stanard, 28 September, 2016 - 10:37pm

Litaneutria obscura

... shape of head capsule, frons, labrum, compound eyes, and vertex suggest L. obscura, i.e. head capsule in L. minor is more elongated, frons wider, labrum with wider base, dorsal surface of compound eyes acutely angulate, and vertex level.

Litaneutria obscura Scudder, 1896
female nymph

“Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada”

https://www.researchgate.net/project/Praying-Mantises-of-the-United-States-and-Canada

… Kris Anderson, 29 May, 2017 - 5:10pm

Thanks

Thanks for the det and info John.

… Jeff Gruber, 30 September, 2016 - 10:12am

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