Female Carolina Mantis just hanging around in the fog and adorned with remnants of spider webbing. (Species details from BugGuide.)
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Showing posts with label mantis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mantis. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina - male)
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| Male mantis consuming a moth. |
Range: New Jersey south to Florida; west to Utah, Arizona, Texas, and through Mexico to Central America.
Season: Mantids are most commonly seen in late summer and early fall. Most are killed by cold weather in the fall, but can live longer in warmer climates in the southern US.
Food: Butterflies, moths, flies, small wasps and bees, true bugs and caterpillars -- most anything they can catch and consume.
Life Cycle: Eggs overwinter and hatch in early spring. Adults are mature by late summer and usually die by winter.
Remarks: Carolina Mantids are native to North America. They are smaller than their imported Asian cousins. Males have fully developed wings and can fly. Females do not.
Source: BugGuide
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Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)
Mothing Mantis
Some photograph moths; others eat them.
A male Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina), a native species found throughout most of North and Central America. Many consider mantids beneficial insects, though they're really indiscriminate predators and will eat just about anything they can catch.
(BugGuide Species Page)
A male Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina), a native species found throughout most of North and Central America. Many consider mantids beneficial insects, though they're really indiscriminate predators and will eat just about anything they can catch.
(BugGuide Species Page)
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Popcorn Mantis
Few people know that mantis forelegs and mouth parts are specially adapted for eating popcorn.
Photos taken 9/30/2007 on the Boone County Courthouse Square in Columbia, MO.
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