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Unicorn eating wasp-moth - Phyllovates chlorophaea - female

Unicorn eating wasp-moth - Phyllovates chlorophaea - Female
World Birding Center HQ at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
December 16, 2006
Prey is Horama panthalon, the Texas Wasp-moth. Predator is Phyllovates chlorophaea, the Mexican Unicorn Mantis. Plant is Crucita, Eupatorium odoratum. Mantis sexed by abdomen shape and size.

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