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kokolo , Italy Jul 09, 2014

Can someone please help me identify this insect? Is it a grasshopper??

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jul 09, 2014

kokolo,
That is not a grasshopper, it is a Praying Mantis (Order Mantodea, family Mantidae) but I am unable to find a species that matches yours.

Ken

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 09, 2014

Looks like a cone-headed mantis, Empusa pennata -
http://www.asturnatura.com/fotografia/fauna-invertebrados/empusa-pennata-1/13483.html

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kokolo , Italy Jul 10, 2014

Thanks a lot! Beautiful creature!

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