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Unidentified -- Tribe Metapterini - Emesaya brevipennis
Copyright © 2006 Jeff Hollenbeck

Unidentified -- Tribe Metapterini - Emesaya brevipennis
Okeechobee County, Florida, USA
December 31, 2006

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Emesaya brevipennis Unidentified -- Tribe Metapterini - Emesaya brevipennis
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 1 January, 2007 - 12:18am
Last updated 30 June, 2007 - 4:11pm

Metapterin for sure...
But, I'm not sure this is Emesaya. If I had a better sense of scale with this image I might have more confidence. Was this bug around 30mm long or much smaller?
… J. D. Bradshaw, 30 June, 2007 - 4:16pm

Emesaya
Compare.
… Jim McClarin, 1 January, 2007 - 5:51am

 
Yes
I thought mantis seemed off, but went with it anyway.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 1 January, 2007 - 9:34am

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