Grizzled Mantis

Subject:  What is this bug?
Geographic location of the bug:  Saint Augustine, Fl
Date: 01/03/2019
Time: 05:01 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman:  Please help us figure out what kind of bug this is!
How you want your letter signed:  St A Crew

Grizzled Mantis

Dear St A Crew,
This is a Grizzled Mantis or Florida Bark Mantis, Gonatista grisea, a native predator that is nearly impossible to find when it is resting camouflaged on the trunk of a tree.

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Location: Saint Augustine, Florida