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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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Chinese Mantid - Tenodera aridifolia - female
Copyright © 2009 John Pearson

Chinese Mantid - Tenodera aridifolia - Female
Rush Farm Prairie, West Union, Fayette County, Iowa, USA
September 11, 2009
Size: ~7 cm
Lone individual walked onto shirt of person walking through native prairie remnant.
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Contributed by John Pearson on 11 September, 2009 - 10:36pm
Last updated 13 September, 2009 - 3:32pm

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… John Pearson, 12 September, 2009 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

I believe it is a Chinese Mantid
Tenodera aridifolia, and it is a nearly fully grown female nymph.
… David J. Ferguson, 12 September, 2009 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

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