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Mantis nymph - Stagmomantis californica

Mantis nymph - Stagmomantis californica
La Mesa, San Diego County, California, USA
May 12, 2020
Size: ~1 cm

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Stagmomantis
These are nymphs of a Stagmomantis species. Which of the many found in SoCal I don't know. Kris may know if he sees these.

 
Thanks, John. There's only t
Thanks, John. There's only two species of Stagmomantis found in California-- these are Stagmomantis wheelerii (BugGuide has yet to update their taxonomy for Mantodea, S. californica is a junior synonym of wheelerii.)

 
Kris, couldn't you do update
Kris, couldn't you do update it yourself as an editor?

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