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Chinese Mantid - Tenodera sinensis - female
Copyright © 2010 Kelly Fiegle

Chinese Mantid - Tenodera sinensis - Female
Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, USA
September 9, 2009
Found this fellow on the inside roof of my mini-van. I placed her on some flowers in the back yard and snapped a few more pictures.

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Chinese Mantid - Tenodera sinensis - female Chinese Mantid - Tenodera sinensis - female
Contributed by Kelly Fiegle on 25 December, 2010 - 6:32am
Last updated 28 December, 2012 - 1:13am

Is a female
This is actually an adult female. Adult male has 8 segments on (counting on the underside of the abdomen) and is more slender.
… Yen Saw, 3 January, 2011 - 12:45pm

 
Female
Thanks for the great information, and for correcting my error :)
… Kelly Fiegle, 4 January, 2011 - 4:49am

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