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Mantis ID Request - Stagmomantis carolina - male

Mantis ID Request - Stagmomantis carolina - Male
Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
September 15, 2009
Observed on Artemesia vulgaris.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

amazing camouflage!
Not only does his brown body look like a twig, his green legs are a perfect match for the leaf and flower stems. From the thumbnail I thought it was going to be a walking stick.

(And if the thumbnail hadn't been on BugGuide, I wouldn't have thought there was an animal in it at all!)

Male Carolina
Male Carolina mantis, Stagmomantis carolina.

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