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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Amelinae » Ground Mantids (Litaneutria) » Litaneutria skinneri
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Ground Mantid - Litaneutria skinneri - female
Copyright © 2011 Owen

Ground Mantid - Litaneutria skinneri - Female
Payson, Arizona, USA
September 4, 2011
This little wonder popped out from behind a stone by our camp fire in the morning. Very alert, didn't mind being held, but very active. Very fast when moving across the ground. I set it on a small tree and checked on it a few minutes later to find that it had crawled back to the ground.

I showed these pictures to one of the faculty at the University of Arizona entomology department when they hosted the Arizona Insect Festival. He said it's not a ground mantis, but some kind of stagmomantis. So I'm moving the pictures to that area.

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Contributed by Owen on 7 September, 2011 - 5:12pm
Last updated 12 March, 2019 - 5:43pm

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Moved from Stagmomantis. I don't know what this is, but it is not Stagmomantis. Some further research is in order.
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