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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Stagmomantis » Bordered Mantis (Stagmomantis limbata)
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Mantis feeding 1 - Stagmomantis limbata
Copyright © 2012 Edward L. Ruden

Mantis feeding 1 - Stagmomantis limbata
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
August 5, 2012
Size: 40 mm (est)
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This mantis perched on the blossom of a Helianthus annuus, a common native sunflower that self-seeds in my front yard (Albuquerque, NE, Alameda 7.5 minute quadrangle). It ambushed a bee that came for nectar. The images are posted in chronological order:

1. The head is removed first.
2. Pink gooey innards of thorax are eaten.
3. Wing in the way gets plucked off.
4. Eating resumes.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 8 August, 2012 - 9:28pm
Last updated 11 August, 2012 - 6:50pm

Moved
Moved from California Mantis.

Det. Alex B.

Thanks.
… Edward L. Ruden, 11 August, 2012 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

limbata
that is a stagmomantis limbata
… Alex B, 11 August, 2012 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

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