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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Mantid Lacewings (Mantispidae) » Mantispinae » Green Mantidflies (Zeugomantispa) » Zeugomantispa minuta
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A very small mature mantis - Zeugomantispa minuta
Copyright © 2018 Glenn Gooding

A very small mature mantis - Zeugomantispa minuta
Dawsonville , Dawson County, Georgia, USA
July 13, 2018
Size: 1/2”
At first I thought this was a baby mantis based on its small size. Upon closer observation, it appears to be mature with wings. I’m only aware of three types of mantids in the US, all large insects.
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Contributed by Glenn Gooding on 15 July, 2018 - 6:59am
Last updated 18 July, 2018 - 7:54am

Moved
There are 27 species of true mantids in the U.S. but these little guys are not closely related to them. The convergence is quite striking

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… metrioptera, 18 July, 2018 - 7:54am login or register to post comments

not a praying mantis
but a mantidfly. Really cool bugs!
… Matt Edmonds, 15 July, 2018 - 7:33am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thank you!
… Glenn Gooding, 15 July, 2018 - 7:34am login or register to post comments

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