After work I met my mom at her house and we emptied the garage. I have a few pictures of it, showing how it’s leaning, particularly at the back. We loaded trash into her van to take to the county transfer station and I took a few things to give away or otherwise deal with. When I got home and was unloading my van I noticed this praying mantis on the roof of Margaret’s car. I believe but am not sure that it is a Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis). I think it is not fully grown, as it was only about two inches long. Like true bugs, grasshoppers, cockroaches, and crickets (to name a few), the mantises undergo what is known as incomplete metamorphosis. That is, instead of larval and pupal stages, the emerge from their eggs as nymphs and grow through a series of instars, where they shed their exoskeletons as they grow.
Praying Mantis
Posted under Creatures and tagged with Chinese Mantis, Green, Insect, Insects, Mantid, Mantis, Tenodera, Tenodera sinensis
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Sunday, August 05, 2018, Praying Mantis
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#chinesemantis #green #insect #insects #mantid #mantis #tenodera #tenoderasinensis
See link to my blog in my bio, where there is more detail about each photo.