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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Mantinae » Mantis » European Mantis (Mantis religiosa)
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Mantis-What species is it? - Mantis religiosa
Copyright © 2006 Louis Mao

Mantis-What species is it? - Mantis religiosa
Redwood City, San Mateo County, California, USA
June 9, 2006
Size: 2 inches
It is eating a spider.

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Contributed by Louis Mao on 17 June, 2006 - 9:12pm
Last updated 19 April, 2016 - 2:09am

Moved
Moved from Mantidae.
… Alan Jeon, 19 April, 2016 - 2:09am login or register to post comments

definitely mantis religiosa
definitely mantis religiosa
… Brian Fridie, 21 February, 2015 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from European Mantis.
… John Stanard, 7 March, 2012 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mantids.
… John Stanard, 5 March, 2012 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mantids.
… Abigail Parker, 11 October, 2009 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
to mantid page for now.
… Lynette Elliott, 6 July, 2006 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

The spider
I don't know what species it is but I'm kind of ticked off it's eating that beautiful spider.
… Carol Davis, 18 June, 2006 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Ha ha!
It was an Argiope...
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 20 July, 2006 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

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