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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea)

Order Mantodea - Mantids

 
 
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Coptopterygidae · Liturgusidae · Mantidae · Mantoididae · Tarachodidae

Family Coptopterygidae
Brunner's Mantis - Brunneria borealis - female Brunneria Borealis - Brunneria borealis Brunners Mantis - Brunneria borealis - female large stick-like mantis - head front - Brunneria borealis - female egg case - Brunneria borealis Mantis on flower - Brunneria borealis - female Mantis on flower - Brunneria borealis - female Brunneria borealis - female

Family Liturgusidae
Grizzled Mantid - Gonatista grisea - female Gonotista grisea - Gonatista grisea - male Mantid Nymph? - Gonatista grisea Praying Mantis? - Gonatista grisea Praying mantis - Gonatista grisea - female Grizzled Mantid - Gonatista grisea Liturgusa maya - female Grizzled Mantid or Lichen Mimic or Bark Mantid - Gonatista grisea - female

Family Mantidae
Praying Manthis - Stagmomantis limbata - male Carolina Mantis - Stagmomantis carolina - female Mantid - Litaneutria minor Moribund mantis on beach - Mantis religiosa - female Which species of praying mantis is this one? - Stagmomantis carolina - male Praying Mantis - Tenodera sinensis - female Mantis - Stagmomantis carolina S. limbata nymph? - Stagmomantis limbata

Family Mantoididae
Mantoida? - Mantoida maya Mantoida maya Mantoida maya Mantoida maya Adult Female - Mantoida maya - female Mantoida maya Adult Female - Mantoida maya - female Mantoida maya Mantoida maya Florida Plecoptera for ID - Mantoida maya

Family Tarachodidae
Albino? - Iris oratoria - male mantis ID - Iris oratoria Juvenile mantis - Iris oratoria Mantid - Iris oratoria - male Brown adult mantid - another Iris? - Iris oratoria - male Brown adult mantid - another Iris? - Iris oratoria - male Iris oratoria Iris oratoria? - Iris oratoria - female

 
 
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