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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Tenodera » Tenodera aridifolia » Chinese Mantid (Tenodera aridifolia sinensis)
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Unlucky wasp... - Tenodera aridifolia - female
Copyright © 2007 john and jane balaban

Unlucky wasp... - Tenodera aridifolia - Female
Bunker Hill Forest Preserve, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
September 3, 2007
Not the kind of hug you want to receive!
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 3 September, 2007 - 5:57pm
Last updated 28 December, 2007 - 4:07pm

Moved
Moved from Mantids.
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 December, 2007 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

Great shot
Very cool to have caught this shot nice job
… Steve Peters, 2 December, 2007 - 7:30am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, there were several mantids nearby
all patiently waiting to pick off pollinators from the grass-leaved goldenrod flowers.
… john and jane balaban, 2 December, 2007 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

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