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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Thespidae » Thesprotia » Grass-like Mantid (Thesprotia graminis)
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Grasslike Mantid - Thesprotia graminis - female
Copyright © 2004 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Grasslike Mantid - Thesprotia graminis - Female
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
September 30, 2004
This is the characteristic outstretched pose for this species. Blends right in, doesn't it? ID from A Gallery of Florida Insects
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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 3 October, 2004 - 5:29pm
Last updated 9 November, 2006 - 9:23am

Antenna size matters
Also you can tell the sex by the antenna, the females is short while the males antenna are long.
… Frack, 12 November, 2008 - 1:32pm login or register to post comments

Female
Female is wingless, male winged, according to Helfer (1), so I believe this is a female.
… Cotinis, 8 November, 2006 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Patrick
for the update.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 9 November, 2006 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

So slender I would have thoug
So slender I would have thought it was a Walking Stick, at least at first glance. I've never seen one of these!

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen_WV, 3 October, 2004 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Fantastic photo!
Excellent photo of a really skinny mantis! It sorta makes me wonder what kinds of other insects they would prey upon... I would assume it's tiny critters like thrips and springtails, but I also wonder if they catch spiders -- kinda like the thread-legged assassin bug. They would be so thin and weightless to accomplish such a feat. Great photograph!

~Sam
… Sam Kieschnick, 3 October, 2004 - 11:02pm login or register to post comments

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