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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Liturgusidae » Gonatista » Grizzled Mantid (Gonatista grisea)
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< 1 day old grizzled mantis - Gonatista grisea
Copyright © 2009 Matt Edmonds

< 1 day old grizzled mantis - Gonatista grisea
Pinellas County, Florida, USA
January 2, 2009
Size: .25 inch
This was her egg case.

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< 1 day old grizzled mantis - Gonatista grisea < 1 day old grizzled mantis - Gonatista grisea
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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 2 January, 2009 - 12:28pm
Last updated 30 March, 2012 - 4:55pm

Ootheca
Do you happen to have a measurement for this?
… Charley Eiseman, 12 September, 2009 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

 
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Yep. It was half a centemeter....give or take a mm.
… Matt Edmonds, 12 September, 2009 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

 
The egg case?
Both the individual mantis and the egg case were that size?
… Charley Eiseman, 12 September, 2009 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

 
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Yep. Again... give or take a mm or 2. I didn't measure them and I'm going by memory, but the baby mantis were almost the same length as the egg case.
… Matt Edmonds, 12 September, 2009 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

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