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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids and Cockroaches (Dictyoptera) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Gonatista » Grizzled Mantid (Gonatista grisea)
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Male Grizzled Mantis, top view - Gonatista grisea - male
Copyright © 2006 Elissa Malcohn

Male Grizzled Mantis, top view - Gonatista grisea - Male
Beverly Hills, Citrus County, Florida, USA
October 20, 2006
Size: > 1 in.
Viewed high on a column shortly after noon.

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Male Grizzled Mantis, top view - Gonatista grisea - male Male Grizzled Mantis, front/side view - Gonatista grisea - male
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Contributed by Elissa Malcohn on 21 October, 2006 - 6:37am
Last updated 22 October, 2006 - 5:40pm

Not a mole cricket
This looks like a very short-bodied mantis, but I've never see one that looks like this. I'll be most interested in what others think.
… Jim McClarin, 21 October, 2006 - 7:04am login or register to post comments

 
Yes,
Looks like it might be a male Grizzled mantid, here.
… Machele White, 21 October, 2006 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

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