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Praying Mantis Prey - Tenodera sinensis - female

Praying Mantis Prey - Tenodera sinensis - Female
Columbia, Howard County, Maryland, USA
September 8, 2022
What is the prey insect the praying mantis caught?

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

 
Should this be placed here, o
Should this be placed here, or under cicadas? The poster of the image was asking what the prey was, not the predator

The mantis is a female Tenode
The mantis is a female Tenodera sinensis, the cicada is in the genus Neotibicen, looks like it may be a male N. tibicen

A cicada of some kind
Others may be able to tell you more.

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