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Yellow Mantis with Dew - Mantis religiosa - female

Yellow Mantis with Dew - Mantis religiosa - Female
Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California, USA
August 12, 2010
Size: 3 inches
We have watched this cream colored mantis develop over time.

adult female
WIngs are fully developed.

Moved from ID Request.

Mantis religiosa
The black mark on the underarm peg this one as a European mantis.
Guide.

 
European Mantis
I thought they were only in the Eastern US. Our climate is desert and these guys thrive. Are they one of the ones that was brought to use as pest control?

 
Range
M. religiosa is wide-ranging due to ootheca (eggs) being sold in garden shops, catalogues and web-sites.

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