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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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Baby Mantis - Tenodera sinensis
Copyright © 2013 andrea despotes

Baby Mantis - Tenodera sinensis
Oak Park, IL/Backyard, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 10, 2013
Baby mantis from our just-hatched ootheca; ootheca courtesy of John Balaban, best teacher ever!

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Baby Mantis - Tenodera sinensis Ootheca1 - Tenodera sinensis
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Contributed by andrea despotes on 10 June, 2013 - 10:17pm
Last updated 27 April, 2016 - 9:50am

Moved
Thank you for the images. This is a Chinese mantid nymph.
… John Stanard, 11 June, 2013 - 2:57pm login or register to post comments

Ootheca
Do you have a picture of the ootheca? It will help to positively ID this little guy.
… John Stanard, 11 June, 2013 - 6:38am login or register to post comments

 
Ootheca
Just posted two pics of the ootheca. Let me know if quality not good enough, in which case I can try to take another shot tonight (assuming a squirrel or bird hasn't made off with it).
… andrea despotes, 11 June, 2013 - 2:39pm login or register to post comments

A great bug
and a dedication on top of it! Wow!
… john and jane balaban, 10 June, 2013 - 11:06pm login or register to post comments

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