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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Praying Mantis</title>
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		<title>Immature Preying Mantis</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/09/immature-preying-mantis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weird bug in backyard
September 9, 2009
Bugman, this bug flipped out my 9-yr-old daughter because it was right next to the door handle of our backdoor. First photo shows door lock for perspective, second is enlarged closeup.
So &#8230; what&#8217;s that bug?
Curious Dad
La Crescenta, Calif
Dear Curious Dad,
The immature Preying Mantis in your photo is a harmless beneficial [...]


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		<title>California Mantis? or Slim Mexican Mantis???</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/05/california-mantis-or-slim-mexican-mantis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/05/california-mantis-or-slim-mexican-mantis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unknow mantid species, from western Colorado
September 5, 2009
I found a matid on a camping trip in Colorado. It is not the European mantid and I am having trouble figuring out what species it is. It is about two inches long, brown with grey &#8220;spots&#8221; and a white and gray spotted stripe down the side of [...]


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		<title>Carolina Mantis Nymph, we believe</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/30/carolina-mantis-nymph-we-believe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/30/carolina-mantis-nymph-we-believe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small Purple and Green Mantis Nymph in Illinois.
August 29, 2009
I found what seems like it may be an unusual mantis in my front yard. It seems like it is very small for this late in the season, and surprisingly purple.
The wing buds are fairly prominent, does that mean that this is the next to last [...]


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		<title>Femalllllllllle Brunner&#8217;s Mantis:  Parthanogenesis oddity</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/26/femalllllllllle-brunners-mantis-parthanogenesis-oddity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/26/femalllllllllle-brunners-mantis-parthanogenesis-oddity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green Walking Stick?
August 25, 2009
I found this &#8220;little&#8221; bugger by a pool in the DFW area of Texas. He very calmly sat there for 10 minutes while I went to fetch my camera. It was about 6 inches long.
Katie F.
Texas
Hi Katie,
We are quite excited to have received your letter at this point in time as [...]


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		<title>Ground Mantid</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/20/ground-mantid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/20/ground-mantid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CA mantis, maybe Litaneutria?
August 19, 2009
Unknown sex/species mantis nymph, found 8/1/2009 on the ground in the foothills of Northern CA. Distinctive: Three short &#8220;spikes&#8221; in a ridge along its abdomen. Mottled grey coloring is great camoflage on bark.
Robin &#38; Maddie
Sierra foothills, CA (scrub oak/pine)
Hi Robin and Maddie,
We believe you are correct in your assessment that [...]


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		<title>Chinese Mantid eats Carpenter Bee</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/14/chinese-mantid-eats-carpenter-bee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/14/chinese-mantid-eats-carpenter-bee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese mantis feeds on carpenter bee
August 13, 2009
Hi bugman! I took these shots about a year ago and have been meaning to send them to you. I was sitting on my porch and saw some something moving in my mom&#8217;s garden. Then I went down to check it out and to my surprise there was [...]


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		<title>Immature Spiny Flower Mantis from South Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/07/unknown-mantis-from-south-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/07/unknown-mantis-from-south-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spikey Purple Bug
August 6, 2009
All I know about this bug is that it is from South Africa. The person who took it thought it was a Preying Mantis, but I&#8217;m not so sure. Also, it appears to be standing on some sort of equally strange-looking plant.
Chris
South Africa
Dear Chris,
This photo is significantly lacking in the type [...]


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		<title>probably female Grasslike Mantis</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/02/probably-female-grasslike-mantis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/02/probably-female-grasslike-mantis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please help us settle a question
August 2, 2009
A little girl caught this insect at Brazos Bend State Park yesterday, and brought it back to the Nature Center for identification.  Some of the volunteers said it was a Walking Stick.  Others said it was some type of Mantid, possibly a juvenile since it did not appear [...]


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		<title>Desert Mantis from Saudi Arabia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/09/desert-mantis-from-saudi-arabia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/09/desert-mantis-from-saudi-arabia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this a mantis
Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:37 PM
I know this site is geared for North America but I was hoping you or one of your others may help. I found this insect that looks very much like a mantid of some sort but im not sure if it is. I found it in [...]


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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>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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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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