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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Mantinae » Tenodera » Chinese Mantis (Tenodera sinensis) » Chinese Mantis (Tenodera sinensis sinensis)
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Chinese Mantis vs. Tibicen tibicen (chloromerus) - Tenodera sinensis - female
Copyright © 2011 Kimberly Ward

Chinese Mantis vs. Tibicen tibicen (chloromerus) - Tenodera sinensis - Female
North Vernon, Indiana, USA
September 2, 2011
The most amazing thing ive ever seen. Found on a butterfly bush at 3pm. Every time the mantis took a bite the prey twitched even when half its head was gone.

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Chinese Mantis vs. Tibicen tibicen (chloromerus) - Tenodera sinensis - female Mantis Vs. Cicida - Tenodera sinensis Mantis Vs. Cicida - Tenodera sinensis
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Contributed by Kimberly Ward on 2 September, 2011 - 2:52pm
Last updated 24 November, 2011 - 6:59am

Moved
Moved from Mantids.
… metrioptera, 24 November, 2011 - 6:59am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 25 September, 2011 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

Chinese Mantis vs. Tibicen tibicen (chloromerus)
Nice images!

you should post this image set for the cicada folks at the following:
http://www.masscic.org/sightings/
… Bill Reynolds, 2 September, 2011 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

 
i posted them there and found
i posted them there and found the site very interesting!
… Kimberly Ward, 2 September, 2011 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

 
EXCELLENT!
Gerry has been working really hard on that site and it is a great resource for cicada related info (he's a one man army).

He is very interested in any and all cicada related information and observations. Please continue to share here on the guide, as well as sharing cicada related images and observations there too.

Cheers,
bill
… Bill Reynolds, 5 September, 2011 - 11:48am login or register to post comments

 
I was most impressed with the
I was most impressed with the videos that show the cicidas being fooled by humans to make their different songs.
… Kimberly Ward, 5 September, 2011 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

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