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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Stagmomantis » Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)
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Mantid in South Florida - Stagmomantis carolina - female
Copyright © 2008 Ben Kolstad

Mantid in South Florida - Stagmomantis carolina - Female
Boca Raton/Yamato Scrub, South Florida County, Florida, USA
February 17, 2008
Is this a Carolina Mantis?

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Mantid in South Florida - Stagmomantis carolina - female Mantid in South Florida - Stagmomantis carolina - female
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Contributed by Ben Kolstad on 17 February, 2008 - 3:35pm
Last updated 22 April, 2018 - 11:42pm

Moved
Moved from Stagmomantis.
… metrioptera, 22 April, 2018 - 11:42pm login or register to post comments

Stagmomantis carolina
Stagmomantis carolina, female

“Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada”
https://www.researchgate.net/project/Praying-Mantises-of-the-United-States-and-Canada
… Kris Anderson, 22 April, 2018 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

Yes.
Female, gray phase, of Stagmomantis carolina.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 February, 2008 - 12:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Is this one too?


I've been wondering if it was S. carolina or S. floridensis
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 19 February, 2008 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Give me some info on the size
Give me some info on the size please... 2 inches? 3 inches?

Also... A head on shot would have been good to distinguish.
… Ryan T. Minard, 23 February, 2011 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

 
The wing covers look more lik
The wing covers look more like that of S. floridensis. They go about half way, while S. carolina goes a little farther.
… Ryan T. Minard, 21 September, 2011 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

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