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Praying Mantis - Stagmomantis carolina - female
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Praying Mantis - Stagmomantis carolina - Female
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
October 3, 2009
Size: ~70mm
I'm thinking something in Stagmomantis. Any ideas on species?

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Praying Mantis - Stagmomantis carolina - female Praying Mantis - Stagmomantis carolina - female
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 4 October, 2009 - 11:38am
Last updated 4 October, 2009 - 2:51pm

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… Robert Lord Zimlich, 4 October, 2009 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

Female S. carolina
I don't believe the other Stagmomantis species occur that far east. You can see the characteristic dark "stigmata" mark just above where the rear-most leg joins the right side of the body.
… John Stanard, 4 October, 2009 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

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