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		<title>Preying Mantis</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/29/preying-mantis-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 12:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Praying Mantis
Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Spotted this fella on my dining room window one September afternoon in Oklahoma City. Thought I would share some of the amazing pics with the site.
AHayes
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Dear AHayes,
Thanks for sending your truly amazingly surreal image of a Preying Mantis to our website.  Selecting an unusual angle [...]


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		<title>Preying Mantis Oothica</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/11/preying-mantis-oothica-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 5:56 AM
we just moved into a new home country home which is something i had promised the girls as my 5 year plan and the children love it. as the snow melted they have been discovering nature and ran accross some of these. this cocoon is about [...]


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		<title>Possibly Carolina Mantid</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/21/possibly-carolina-mantid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yellow mantid
Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:58 AM
I found this in mesic pine flatwoods in Lee County Florida, near Fort Myers, among grasses and saw palmetto, in October.
Keith
Ft. Myers, Florida
Hi Keith,
We believe that this is a Carolina Mantis, Stagmomantis carolina.  There is a photo on BugGuide  that is very similar.  It is [...]


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		<title>Baby Mantids:  Species Unknown</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/21/baby-mantida-species-unknown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/21/baby-mantida-species-unknown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[baby mantids!
Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:40 AM
Hello, bugman! My baby mantids are finally large enough to take a decent photo of. My grandmother brought this egg case back from Maryland to Florida while on vacation and it hatched. Is it safe to release these babies into the woods here in Florida, or would they [...]


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		<title>Cone Head Mantis from Macedonia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/09/unknown-mantis-from-macedonia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/09/unknown-mantis-from-macedonia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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Sunday, Feb 8, 2009 at 3:48 PM
I found this insect between branches and grass. It was moving very slow and just like a spider it was able to walk on wall and similar vertical places. I would like to know what type of insect it is, because I have never seen anything like this.
Monika
Skopje, Macednia
Hi [...]


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		<title>Mexican Unicorn Mantis</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/12/31/mexican-unicorn-mantis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/12/31/mexican-unicorn-mantis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mantis
Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Greetings, this perfect little creature was encountered in Southeast Az in September.
Crowfriend
Chiricahua Mountains
Dear Crowfriend,
This positively delightful mantis is a Mexican Unicorn Mantis, Phyllovates chlorophaea.  According to BugGuide, it is a rare native species.  BugGuide reports sightings from Arizona and Texas.  BugGuide also indicates:  &#8220;This species is becoming popular among [...]


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		<title>Dead Leaf Mantis or Boxer Mantis from Panama</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/12/19/unidentified-mantis-from-panama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/12/19/unidentified-mantis-from-panama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dead-Leaf Mantis
Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:49 PM
This insect was found in Panama, deep in the jungle near the border of Colombia. We think it may be some kind of dead-leaf mantis. Can anyone help us out? Thanks!
Curious
Panama
Dear Curious,
While we cannot take the time right now to properly identify your mantis because we have to [...]


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		<title>Wandering Violin Mantis Nymph from India</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/07/wandering-violin-mantis-nymph-from-india/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/07/wandering-violin-mantis-nymph-from-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unusual mantis
Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 5:11 AM
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 6:43 PM
Hi,
I&#8217;d sent this mail with the attached pics on the 8th. I do realize that you must be getting swamped with mails reg. bugs, but would you pl. be kind enough to respond to this request for an id on the mantis [...]


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		<title>Mantis eats Leaf Insect in Thailand</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/10/23/mantis-eats-leaf-insect-in-thailand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/10/23/mantis-eats-leaf-insect-in-thailand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mantis eating Leaf Creature
Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 6:21 PM
Hello Bugman. I thought your great web site might like to see this shot I took of a Mantis snacking on some kind of leaf look-a-like insect. I almost passed right by them.
This is in a &#8220;Lum Yai&#8221; fruit tree in Northern Thailand.
Love your site!
Dan
Northern Thailand [...]


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		<title>Preying Mantis eats Wheel Bug</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/10/12/preying-mantis-eats-wheel-bug/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/10/12/preying-mantis-eats-wheel-bug/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[praying mantis eating a wheel bug, unknown eggs
Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 9:12 PM
HELLO BUGMAN!
Just wanted to share this week&#8217;s playground &#8220;show&#8221; of a praying mantis DEVOURING a wheel bug. The class watched in horror/amazement. We had just seen our first wheel bug of this school year the day before.
We are also including a hatching [...]


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