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Garden Carnival | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis Too brainy for her own good, a mantis<br />
guards the entrance to a garden carnival.<br />
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Garden Carnival | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis

Too brainy for her own good, a mantis
guards the entrance to a garden carnival.

Wild Light Post: http://www.bugdreams.com/archives/garden-carnival/

comments (2)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Wow, in this beautiful position I did not immediately recognize it as a mantis. Excellent! Posted 12 years ago

Rick Lieder

Lion

Thanks Ferdy. They're often upside-down. Posted 12 years ago

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The Chinese mantis

The Chinese mantis is a species of praying mantis native to China and other parts of Asia and islands of islands off of mainland Asia.

Similar species: Mantises

Species identified by Rick Lieder

By Rick Lieder

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Uploaded Feb 7, 2013.

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