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October 12, 2023
03:22 PM BST
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December 12, 2023
01:55 PM EAT
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December 18, 2023
03:50 PM EST
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December 25, 2023
01:55 PM EST
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October 21, 2023
03:06 PM UTC
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November 12, 2023
11:39 PM CET
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October 15, 2019
12:07 PM UTC
Description
Mantide religiosa comune, di tre cm
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November 29, 2020
12:27 PM UTC
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May 14, 2021
02:20 PM UTC
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August 4, 2021
05:24 PM UTC
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January 26, 2022
07:57 PM CET
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October 30, 2023
06:19 PM EAT
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September 1, 2022
04:00 PM CEST
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September 18, 2022
05:58 AM UTC
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July 4, 2023
11:06 PM CEST
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October 28, 2023
05:03 PM CEST
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September 25, 2023
01:43 PM CEST
Description
ESPAÑOL: No se bien que es lo que encontré en esta situación. Al principio pensé que era un comportamiento de apareamiento, pero después vía que ambas parecían estar muriendo. La verdad no se ni siquiera si son dos especies diferentes.
ENGLISH: I don't know what I found in this situation. At first I thought it was mating behavior, but then I saw that they both seemed to be dying. The truth is I don't even know if they are two different species.
Date Added
May 1, 2023
12:18 PM UTC
Description
Under a rock
murinus / pardalis
Date Added
July 19, 2022
03:00 PM EAT
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March 14, 2023
04:44 PM GMT
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February 2, 2018
10:38 PM EET
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December 15, 2022
06:09 PM CET
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December 16, 2022
03:18 PM CET
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November 18, 2021
04:31 PM UTC
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April 23, 2014
11:44 AM CEST
Description
Mantodea Nam94_30
Date Added
August 1, 2020
08:50 AM SAST
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April 23, 2018
06:36 AM UTC
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December 25, 2019
11:41 AM CET
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November 19, 2020
04:08 PM +07
Description
most probably this one : 65063593
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November 16, 2020
07:51 PM CET
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January 30, 2013
06:12 PM SAST
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May 6, 2019
06:42 PM SAST
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November 3, 2020
08:55 AM UTC
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April 3, 2020
11:41 PM EDT
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September 3, 2020
08:46 AM CST
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August 25, 2020
01:50 PM UTC
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July 31, 2020
10:13 PM CEST
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November 12, 2018
04:12 PM UTC
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February 4, 2020
10:01 AM HST
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January 18, 2020
12:02 PM CET
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January 25, 2020
04:20 PM SAST
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September 16, 2014
09:49 AM CDT
Description
My sister spotted these Mantises mating and called me over for photos. Just a little later she called back and said the male was gone and the female was "bowed over" so I returned and took more photos of her. During the time of her last head shot her mouth was working the whole time.
Date Added
June 10, 2014
06:50 PM CEST
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December 6, 2018
11:57 AM SAST
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December 5, 2018
11:15 AM CET
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November 15, 2018
03:32 PM SAST
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October 22, 2018
09:45 PM SAST
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January 20, 2015
05:42 AM SAST
Description
where^s the canteen
fairly large slender mantid with big eyes fitted into a pointed extensions to the rear of the head
Date Added
January 10, 2015
12:55 AM CET
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January 12, 2020
12:48 PM UTC
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January 10, 2020
07:05 PM UTC
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January 9, 2020
05:39 AM CST
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January 8, 2020
01:46 PM UTC
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November 1, 2017
07:30 PM SAST
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September 13, 2014
01:55 PM IST
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January 2, 2020
07:06 PM UTC
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October 24, 2014
06:32 PM SAST
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October 21, 2014
08:50 PM CAT
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January 2, 2020
02:58 PM AEST
Description
Bolbe with attachments
I've never seen a mantis with any sort of attachments, but this little one was covered in large dirt particles - maybe for camouflage? It didn't seem accidental and certainly did a good job of breaking up the mantis's outline, so I'm curious to know whether the mantis did it itself. Has anyone seen this sort of thing before?
Date Added
August 20, 2014
08:38 PM SAST
Description
Mantis egg case
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July 12, 2014
02:14 PM CET
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March 13, 2014
10:01 AM CAT
Description
Mantid Catapu1
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November 15, 2018
02:38 AM UTC
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December 27, 2019
09:30 AM IST
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December 3, 2019
01:44 PM SST
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December 4, 2019
09:23 AM IST
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January 21, 2014
08:40 PM SAST
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December 22, 2019
05:43 PM EST
Date Added
January 25, 2014
07:59 AM SAST
Description
small bark mantid
small Bark mantid with beautiful reticulated wings and a flattened, flap-like edge around the thorax, length about 4cm. The first 2 photos were taken in the kitchen in the evening and the further photos were outside the door the following morning. I believe it is the same individual and that it got itself hooked up on an old spiders web, photo 4 has dishevelled wings after the web was removed, it recovered as seen in the final photos and flew away .
Date Added
November 24, 2013
10:26 AM SAST
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October 14, 2013
08:58 PM +04
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October 7, 2013
02:48 PM SAST
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December 10, 2019
04:00 PM CST
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December 21, 2019
10:17 AM PST
Description
It is what it is, and I’m not changing it. Thanks, ok bye.
Date Added
August 25, 2013
09:33 PM PDT
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December 19, 2019
06:25 PM SAST
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December 10, 2019
02:04 PM CET
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December 15, 2019
07:30 PM EST
Description
Assume Chinese but never saw dot between front legs to verify.
Date Added
April 8, 2013
06:27 PM SAST
Description
Flower mantid
Pink and green mottled mantid on a lavender bush. Looked immensely like a lavender flower. The old exoskeleton was nearby and it might have recently shed. Extremely movement-shy.
EDIT - two more photos added, including the one with the exoskeleton
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December 29, 2012
10:55 AM SAST
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April 21, 2012
01:23 PM SAST
Description
This mantis' eggo was quite preggo.
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September 10, 2019
03:44 PM MST
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August 21, 2018
02:27 PM PDT
Description
Cochise County, Arizona, US
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August 21, 2018
02:01 PM PDT
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March 27, 2012
07:17 PM UTC
Description
Polyspilota aeruginosa - R20A-01
In the riparian zone of a small stream in a commercial pine plantation
Date Added
February 12, 2014
08:26 PM SAST
Description
Small Mantid being devoured by small spider
These two are small. The object they are on is an inflorescence of Spear Grass.
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January 12, 2014
02:47 PM SAST
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December 26, 2013
01:30 PM CET
Description
Probably the largest mantid I've ever seen.
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November 6, 2013
10:23 PM SAST
Description
Common mantid depositing ootheca
Female laying eggs (ootheca).
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February 14, 2013
05:51 PM SAST
Description
Mom must be so proud!
The eggs of the Mantidae I posted on 26 January has finally hatched. Link follows in comment.
Date Added
December 13, 2012
06:00 PM SAST
Date Added
January 26, 2013
07:55 PM SAST
Description
Mantidae with egg sack
Date Added
October 15, 2012
07:40 PM SAST
Description
Hoplocorypha
Body length of large mantid about 5cm.
I first saw the shadow.
Date Added
September 14, 2012
10:26 PM IST
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December 3, 2019
11:16 PM SAST
Description
attracted to light. About 6cm long Pink patch under front legs.I kept it in a container for two days and it produced this egg case.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36328157. I assume the mantis is a female ! There was no male present in those two days.
Date Added
December 3, 2019
11:17 PM SAST
Date Added
November 25, 2019
10:22 AM EST
Description
Toxoderopsis taurus (Toxoderid Mantises). Photographed at Samarn Bird Camp, near Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand on 18 November, 2012.
Date Added
November 25, 2019
09:19 PM PST
Date Added
November 15, 2019
03:46 PM +07
Description
Ambivia undata (Fabricius, 1793)
55 mm
Date Added
August 18, 2019
10:00 PM UTC