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Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

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Genus Iris

Iris oratorio - Iris oratoria - male Mediterranean Mantis (Iris oratoria) - Iris oratoria - female what kind of praying mantis is this please? - Iris oratoria - female Mantid. Male? - Iris oratoria - male Brown adult mantid - another Iris? - Iris oratoria - male Praying Mantis - Iris oratoria - female Iris oratoria - female Stagmomantis limbata or Iris oratoria? - Iris oratoria
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Mantodea (Mantids)
Family Tarachodidae
Genus Iris
Explanation of Names
Iris Saussure 1869
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area, 14 spp. total(1)
Range
Eurasia & Africa; one sp. adventive in sw US