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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Amelinae » Ground Mantids (Litaneutria)
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ground mantis, minor, agile - Litaneutria - male
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Williams

ground mantis, minor, agile - Litaneutria - Male
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
May 20, 2000
Good camo. Found in middle of the night. Relatively small as I recall.

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ground mantis, minor, agile - Litaneutria - male ground mantis closeup - Litaneutria - male
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Contributed by Andrew Williams on 11 November, 2009 - 4:03pm
Last updated 23 February, 2010 - 2:51pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Andrew Williams, 11 November, 2009 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

Check out Litaneutria minor
night active in Tucson, around 1 in
… margarethe brummermann, 11 November, 2009 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

 
sure looks like it
I see you found the same recently :)
Do you know if Litaneutria minor would be the only Litaneutria around there? Found this guy at Catalina SP.


and
… Andrew Williams, 11 November, 2009 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

 
More than one
there are at least two different Litaneutria sp. in AZ. Namely L. minor and L. obscura.
… Yen Saw, 17 November, 2009 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

 
thanks Yen
That's good to know. Appreciate it.
… Andrew Williams, 17 November, 2009 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

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