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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Mantinae » Mantis » European Mantis (Mantis religiosa)
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Mantid - Mantis religiosa - female
Copyright © 2012 Larry Clarfeld

Mantid - Mantis religiosa - Female
Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA
August 3, 2012
apparently this is a new ORDER for Vermont in bugguide... there have been mantids in the warmer pockets of the state for years, so it's about time one is added to "the guide". I'm thinking maybe this is Mantis religiosa?
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Contributed by Larry Clarfeld on 3 August, 2012 - 10:38pm
Last updated 6 September, 2017 - 1:17pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John Stanard, 4 August, 2012 - 12:10am login or register to post comments

M.religiosa
You're right, Larry. this is an adult female M. religiosa.
… John Stanard, 4 August, 2012 - 12:09am login or register to post comments

Sharp Spikes
Are you not worried about those spikes?
… bugwonderer, 3 August, 2012 - 10:41pm login or register to post comments

 
these are the things you don'
these are the things you don't think of in the excitement of the moment! Had been over a year since my last big mantid, and was just happy to see it!
… Larry Clarfeld, 3 August, 2012 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

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