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walking stick with big eyes or mantis or thread-legged bug? - Bistanta mexicana
Copyright © 2008 Carol Hooker

walking stick with big eyes or mantis or thread-legged bug? - Bistanta mexicana
Green Valley, pima County, Arizona, USA
May 27, 2008
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 28 May, 2008 - 12:50pm
Last updated 17 August, 2010 - 3:35pm

Moved
Moved from Mantidae.
… David J. Ferguson, 17 August, 2010 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

It is some type of mantid, bu
It looks to be some type of mantid, but the angle of the photo makes it hard to tell which. It seems to most closely resemble the Stagmomantis in your area, but the detail isn't clear enough for me to be sure. Maybe someone from the area will recognise it.
… Darcie Clements, 3 June, 2008 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

Not an ID but maybe
Thesprotia graminis (Grass-like Mantid)?
… John R. Maxwell, 28 May, 2008 - 1:07pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks John
I think that's definitely the right direction - those eyes were just too big for a walking stick
… margarethe brummermann, 28 May, 2008 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

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