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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Vatinae » Phyllovates » Texas Unicorn Mantis (Phyllovates chlorophaea)
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Mex. unicorn mantis found in Falcon State Park - Phyllovates chlorophaea
Copyright © 2008 Fran Bartle

Mex. unicorn mantis found in Falcon State Park - Phyllovates chlorophaea
Falcon State Park, Starr County, Texas, USA
April 5, 2008
This bug was perched on a cluster of Crucita flowers, and after I took this photo, he stretched out, possibly to appear even more like a twig.

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Mex. unicorn mantis found in Falcon State Park - Phyllovates chlorophaea Mexican unicorn mantis - Phyllovates chlorophaea
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Contributed by Fran Bartle on 5 April, 2008 - 8:30pm
Last updated 3 July, 2009 - 10:50pm

Moved
Moved from Mantidae.
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 3 July, 2009 - 10:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
to guide page. It was getting buried in ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 30 April, 2008 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

Looks like
Arizona Unicorn Mantis (Pseudovates arizonae)

but I suppose there is a small chance that it is this one instead.
… John R. Maxwell, 5 April, 2008 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

 
conventional wisdom
The info pages for the two unicorn mantids claim that the two do not overlap in range, meaning anything in Arizona should be a Pseudovates, and in the LRGV (like this one) a Phyllovates. Unless somebody has hard evidence to the contrary...
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 3 July, 2009 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

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