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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Coptopterygidae » Brunner's Stick Mantis (Brunneria) » Brunner's Mantis (Brunneria borealis)
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Brunner's mantis (Brunneria borealis) - Brunneria borealis
Copyright © 2008 Jay McIlwain

Brunner's mantis (Brunneria borealis) - Brunneria borealis
Moss Point, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA
August 14, 2008
Size: 3-5 inches
Found in burned marsh on Pt. Aux Chenes (Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve) approximately one week after lightning apparently started a fire.
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Contributed by J McIlwain on 19 August, 2008 - 12:23pm
Last updated 12 September, 2008 - 10:43pm

mantis
I've looked through the comments on other stick-like mantises, and I'm pretty sure this is a Brunner's mantis(Brunneria borealis). Apparently the pronotal serrations are distinctive.
… Toni Dudley, 20 August, 2008 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

This is actually a mantis.
Look at its head, a walkingstick's is much different. It can't turn and look over its shoulder like a mantis. Notice also its front pair of legs, they are made for grabbing insects. The two other pairs of legs are also close together like a mantis. I don't have any mantises like this where I live, so I'm not sure what species it is. If I figure it out I'll let you know.
… Toni Dudley, 19 August, 2008 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
thanks
… J McIlwain, 23 August, 2008 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

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