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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Mantinae » Tenodera » Chinese Mantis (Tenodera sinensis) » Chinese Mantis (Tenodera sinensis sinensis)
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Chinese Mantis? - Tenodera sinensis
Copyright © 2015 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Chinese Mantis? - Tenodera sinensis
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
December 19, 2015
Size: ~75mm
I don't know if this photo is enough for ID. This mantis was actually in a vertical position scaling a stucco wall. Interesting how it mimics a leaf. A very colorful specimen. In the past I've seen mantises with a distinct round dot on the inner forearm, but could not see it here - maybe because it was wet.
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 23 December, 2015 - 3:43am
Last updated 23 December, 2015 - 7:09am

Moved
Moved from Mantids. The wings are damaged; the hindwings appear more or less intact, but the forewings have failed to fully unfurl. This likely happened during the insect's last molt. This species doesn't have the inner forearm spot; that is Mantis religiosa, the European mantis.
… John Stanard, 23 December, 2015 - 7:09am login or register to post comments

 
I have interred him or her in a terrerium in order...
...to see if you can designate it as male or female. I know in general that the female should have fewer segments and broader ones. I have to find an appropriate lens and see if I can get a decent shot! If it is planning on laying eggs I am hoping to raise some next year.

The mantis is still quite mobile. I wonder if the hot weather followed, and long last by some cold and rain, has got the Mantis confused about the season. Well, more photos to follow.
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 24 December, 2015 - 4:34am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, John!
Actually I realized my mistake when I reviewed the Mantis religiosa that I submitted not long ago. There is one I never submitted I suspect of a Chinese mantis - it was the biggest insect I've ever seen. At the time I thought all you could submit was 560 pixels, and I just couldn't see submitting a photo that size of this giant. But now I wish I could find it just to prove I didn't imagine its size!

Anyway, this one is similar in form except the underdeveloped wings. But this one is a small fraction of the other one's size!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 23 December, 2015 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

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