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Family Mantidae

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Chinese mantid nymph eating butterfly Chinese Mantid - Tenodera aridifolia Young Mantis Poor fellow California Mantid - Stagmomantis californica - female Which Green Mantis ? Chinese Mantid Nymph? Praying Mantis - Mantis religiosa - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Mantodea (Mantids)
Family Mantidae
Explanation of Names
From genus Mantis, which see.
Internet References
University of Florida Entomology Dept. PDF key to Florida mantids by P.M. Choate
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod
Last updated 1 August, 2009 - 4:29pm

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