What species?

by freaky-lil-raver
Oct 3, 2002 3:14 PM · 3437 views · 41.0 k · 768 x 512

Keywords: preying mantis

Comments (9)

Raveness

Oct 18, 2002 3:34 AM

Rating: 5/5

Pretty..

jamilah

Oct 26, 2002 8:26 PM

Rating: 5/5

I give up... What is it? :)

bennyk

Dec 23, 2002 8:14 PM

what the hell!!! That looks like a wasp that bred with a praying mantis!!!! What is it?

ClarkC

Dec 30, 2002 4:10 PM

Rating: 5/5

Awesome!! I found one of those 31 years
ago. It was hard to find out what it was than. A mantidfly if I remember right. I still have it in a plastic box preserved. Also in the Audubon field guide. Nice pic. Thanks

fenrisswolf

Mar 25, 2003 1:09 AM

Cool! A wasp mimic! I've only ever seen one other mantid similar to that one!

It is much more common to see bee mimics, as there are lots of fly species that do that, but I've only heard of a few moths and mantids that mimic wasps.

SSBSparky

May 12, 2003 4:03 PM

Species: Mantispid, Common name False Mantid or Mantisfly. They are in the Neuroptera order, related to Snakeflys. Recently acquired 1 in my collection, very rare to find.

Sparky

masterboggler

Sep 4, 2003 2:36 PM

What a great photo! Where was it found?

whitedragon69

Sep 7, 2005 2:19 AM

Rating: 5/5

Brown mantidfly-Climaciella brunnea
Belongs to the Mantispidae family.

staticx

Aug 16, 2008 9:23 PM

photoshop

What species?

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