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Chinese mantid? - Tenodera aridifolia

Chinese mantid? - Tenodera aridifolia
Warrenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
September 8, 2006
Size: 4"
Is this T. aridifolia? Ive never seen a brown one before out here, theyre always green. Its too large to be S. carolina, so Im a bit confused. Also too large to be M. religiosa. Can anyone ID?

Thanks to the both of you!!!
Thanks to the both of you!!!

Whole Bunch
Here's a whole bunch photographed in Winfield IL:
http://www.cirrusimage.com/mantidae_praying_mantis.htm

Yeah, it's a Chinese
They can be brown or green

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