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Mantis & Prey & Eggs - Stagmomantis carolina
Copyright © 2007 Daemeon Stovall

Mantis & Prey & Eggs - Stagmomantis carolina
Little Elm, Denton County, Texas, USA
September 22, 2007
Size: 2.5 - 3"

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Contributed by Daemeon Stovall on 24 September, 2007 - 10:01am
Last updated 3 October, 2007 - 10:03am

Moved
Moved from Mantids.
… Daemeon Stovall, 3 October, 2007 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

Amazing
Do you know if it was caught in flight?
… Anthony Magee, 24 September, 2007 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

 
It was.
I watched this mantis snag this dragonfly out of the air. After I got my camera ready another dragonfly landed next to the mantis.
… Daemeon Stovall, 24 September, 2007 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Ootheca
There are two oothecae (egg cases) right below her. Believed she laid that ootheca.
… Yen Saw, 27 September, 2007 - 1:29pm login or register to post comments

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