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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Liturgusidae » Gonatista » Grizzled Mantid (Gonatista grisea)
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Grizzled Mantid - Gonatista grisea - female
Copyright © 2005 john and jane balaban

Grizzled Mantid - Gonatista grisea - Female
Farm west side of Ocala, Marion County, Florida, USA
December 27, 1985
Found this mantid climbing up the side of the garage.
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 20 February, 2005 - 11:06am
Last updated 21 February, 2005 - 1:43pm

bark mantis
definitly grizzled bark mantis
… bugboy06, 11 October, 2017 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

Mantid
It looks like it could be, at least to my untrained eye, Gonatista grisea.
… Richard Leung, 20 February, 2005 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

 
Gonatista grisea?
Excellent, that's what we were thinking and were hoping to get confirmation.
… john and jane balaban, 20 February, 2005 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

 
Lichen Mantid?
G. grisea was my guess too. I have often see the females on artificial structures, perhaps looking for a egg site, or maybe they are attracted to the lights?
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 20 February, 2005 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Lichen Mantid
Is "lichen mantid" the common name for this species? Larry West's book on insect photography (1) has a great picture of an immature green G. grisea wonderfully camouflaged on a lichenous tree trunk.
… Richard Leung, 20 February, 2005 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Common names...
Growing up in Florida, they were always referred as "Lichen Mantids". The University of Florida's mantid key (1), calls it "Grizzled Mantid" and "Lichen Mimic"...so there's an example of both names being used.

hmmm...further browing at Herper.com also calls them "Grizzled Mantid"...so perhaps you are correct Richard in changing it to that, with "Lichen Mimic Mantid" listed as another common name...
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 21 February, 2005 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

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