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Chinese Mantis? - Tenodera aridifolia
Copyright © 2007 Jim Bliss

Chinese Mantis? - Tenodera aridifolia
Montgomery, New York, USA, Orange County, New York, USA
August 26, 2007
Size: 3 1/2 inches
A very large mantis, probably the largest I've seen. European or Chinese?

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Contributed by Jim Bliss on 28 August, 2007 - 7:01pm
Last updated 29 August, 2007 - 9:42pm

Chinese, male.
Chinese mantids tend to be bicolored like this, perhaps moreso than the smaller European mantis.
… Eric R. Eaton, 29 August, 2007 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

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