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Family Thespidae

Bistanta · Thespis · Thesprotia

Genus Bistanta
Bistanta mexicana - male slender brown mantis - Bistanta mexicana - male Which Praying Mantis ? - Bistanta mexicana - male walking stick with big eyes or mantis or thread-legged bug? - Bistanta mexicana Small Brown Praying Mantis - Bistanta mexicana - male Mantid - Bistanta mexicana - male Mantis sp. - Bistanta mexicana Skinny mantid - Bistanta mexicana

Genus Thespis
Oligonicella scudderi - Thespis parva - male What Species? - Thespis parva - male Mantid - Thespis parva - male Mantis - Thespis parva Stagmomantis carolina - young male ? - Thespis parva - male Delicate small mantis - Thespis parva - male Thespis parva, female - Thespis parva - female Thespis parva, female - Thespis parva - female

Genus Thesprotia
Grass-like Mantid on Yellow Pitcher Plant - Thesprotia graminis - female Tiny Mantid - Thesprotia graminis Need ID Help - Thesprotia graminis - female Thesprotia graminis - male Thesprotia graminis ID request - Thesprotia graminis - male Thesprotia graminis Thesprotia graminis


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