Carolina Mantid, Praying Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)

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SusanLouise Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) Jan 28, 2009

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Sep 07, 2009

SusanLouise,

That is a great picture of a Praying Mantis, but it has been pointed out to me that it is not the Carolina Mantis, which has wings markedly shorter than its body.

I believe it is an image of the European Mantis - Mantis religiosa: http://bugguide.net/node/view/234299/bgimage

If you agree, I would like to move your image to our page for the European Mantis: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/4054/

Kennedy
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Happy1892 Wake Forest, NC Feb 12, 2012

That is not a Carolina Mantis. It looks like a Narrow Winged Mantis. It might be a Chinese Mantis. I think it is a Narrow Winged Mantis. I cannot find any Narrow Winged Mantids where I live. They were very common in South Korea like the Chinese Mantis. Where I live there are mostly Chinese Mantids. I am breeding Carolina Mantids. I became a member here just to correct some stuff about mantids. I will look for a place to introduce myself.

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Happy1892 Wake Forest, NC Feb 13, 2012

The abdomen is thin. But it looks like a female, so I think it is a Narrow Winged Mantis.

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