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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Liturgusidae » Gonatista » Grizzled Mantid (Gonatista grisea)
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Grizzled Mantid - Gonatista grisea - male
Copyright © 2010 Bill Brower

Grizzled Mantid - Gonatista grisea - Male
Seminole, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
November 22, 2010
Size: 1 3/4"
On my window this morning. Temperature in the mid 60's.
Resembles a Cicada a little but it's fairly thin and these wings are nearly opaque.
The one and three-quarter inch length is to the end of the wings.

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Grizzled Mantid - Gonatista grisea - male Possible Cicada? - Gonatista grisea - male
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Contributed by Bill Brower on 22 November, 2010 - 7:08am
Last updated 4 October, 2012 - 6:16pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bill Brower, 22 November, 2010 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bill Brower, 22 November, 2010 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

 
It didn't move far :)
You may want to try again.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 November, 2010 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

 
moving pages
Looks like I forgot how to do it.
Advanced Anheuser's no doubt.
I'll try again...
The bug is still on my window!
… Bill Brower, 22 November, 2010 - 11:13am login or register to post comments

 
Anheuser's warning
one too many Busch can make a mantis look like acicada!
… Edna Woodward, 22 November, 2010 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

I think
not a cicada, how about something like Gonatista grisea (Grizzled Mantid)?
… John R. Maxwell, 22 November, 2010 - 7:50am login or register to post comments

 
That's it.
Bingo! That's the one. Still on the screen where it was 2 hours ago.
… Bill Brower, 22 November, 2010 - 8:13am login or register to post comments

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This is a grizzled mantis. VERY cool bugs!!!
… Matt Edmonds, 22 November, 2010 - 7:48am login or register to post comments

 
Great
Thanks for the quick replies.
It is pretty cool.
… Bill Brower, 22 November, 2010 - 8:14am login or register to post comments

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