| 5488790 |
agile ground mantid |
Litaneutria minor |
|
| 5488792 |
agile ground mantid |
Litaneutria minor |
|
| 5488794 |
New Zealand praying mantis |
Orthodera novaezealandiae |
|
| 5488795 |
New Zealand praying mantis |
Orthodera novaezealandiae |
|
| 5488796 |
New Zealand praying mantis |
Orthodera novaezealandiae |
|
| 5488797 |
New Zealand praying mantis |
Orthodera novaezealandiae |
|
| 5488793 |
agile ground mantid |
Litaneutria minor |
|
| 5488798 |
New Zealand praying mantis |
Orthodera novaezealandiae |
ootheca |
| 5488799 |
New Zealand praying mantis |
Orthodera novaezealandiae |
ootheca |
| 5488800 |
New Zealand praying mantis |
Orthodera novaezealandiae |
ootheca |
| 5482850 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia |
|
| 5006058 |
mantids |
|
Illustration by Arthur Cushman |
| 5423683 |
American grass mantis |
Thesprotia graminis |
Head |
| 5423684 |
American grass mantis |
Thesprotia graminis |
Head |
| 1366087 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis |
Head |
| 1366085 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis |
Head |
| 1366086 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis |
Head |
| 5475863 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Wings are forming and drying |
| 5475862 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
emerging from last molt |
| 5475861 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Emerging from last molt |
| 5475860 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Emerging from last molt |
| 5424567 |
praying mantis |
Orthodera ministralis |
|
| 1546112 |
mantids |
|
Praying mantis predator on grasshopper |
| 5454432 |
mantids |
|
|
| 5454433 |
mantids |
|
|
| 5443205 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Oothecae |
| 5443206 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Newly hatched nymph |
| 5443207 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Newly hatched nymphs |
| 5443666 |
Brunner's Mantis |
Brunneria borealis |
Coastal plains; August 2011
|
| 5443661 |
Brunner's Mantis |
Brunneria borealis |
Coastal plains; August 2011 |
| 5443662 |
Brunner's Mantis |
Brunneria borealis |
Coastal plains; August 2011
|
| 5443663 |
Brunner's Mantis |
Brunneria borealis |
Coastal plains; August 2011 |
| 5443664 |
Brunner's Mantis |
Brunneria borealis |
Coastal plains; August 2011 |
| 5443665 |
Brunner's Mantis |
Brunneria borealis |
Coastal plains; August 2011 |
| 1246021 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Egg case/ootheca |
| 1246029 |
horned ground mantis |
Yersiniops solitaria |
|
| 1235081 |
mantids |
|
|
| 0010096 |
mantids |
|
Preying mantid in Nicaragua |
| 1235085 |
Carolina mantid |
Stagmomantis carolina |
|
| 1225139 |
mantids |
|
eating Katydid |
| 1246028 |
Carolina mantid |
Stagmomantis carolina |
|
| 1225141 |
mantids |
|
eating |
| 1225119 |
mantids |
|
eating mantis |
| 1225118 |
mantids |
|
eating spider |
| 1246030 |
agile ground mantid |
Litaneutria minor |
|
| 1246031 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis |
Female |
| 1454019 |
mantids |
|
mating at the Butterfly Farm in St. Maarten |
| 1225140 |
mantids |
|
(close portrait) |
| 1225120 |
mantids |
|
|
| 1225121 |
mantids |
|
Female and Male eating Female |
| 1246022 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Egg case/ootheca |
| 1225138 |
mantids |
|
|
| 1246026 |
Carolina mantid |
Stagmomantis carolina |
Egg case/ootheca |
| 1454018 |
mantids |
|
mating at the Butterfly Farm in St. Maarten |
| 1454017 |
mantids |
|
mating at the Butterfly Farm in St. Maarten |
| 1246034 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis |
Newly hatched (upper right of photo) |
| 1235084 |
Carolina mantid |
Stagmomantis carolina |
|
| 1246027 |
Carolina mantid |
Stagmomantis carolina |
Female |
| 1225126 |
mantids |
|
eating |
| 5388284 |
mantid |
Tenodera spp. |
A praying mantis clings to a window. |
| 5388282 |
mantid |
Tenodera spp. |
A praying mantid case is attached to this twig. |
| 5388283 |
mantid |
Tenodera spp. |
A praying mantid case is attached to this branch. |
| 5393450 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Feeding on redlegged grasshopper |
| 1225127 |
mantids |
|
|
| 1225128 |
mantids |
|
|
| 2110038 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
taken on 25 Oct 05 |
| 1246025 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Male, brown phase |
| 1246023 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
|
| 1246024 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Female, green phase |
| 2116057 |
mantids |
|
|
| 2116056 |
mantids |
|
|
| 1246032 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis |
Male |
| 1454020 |
mantids |
|
with no forelegs taken at the Butterfly Farm in St. Maarten |
| 1310049 |
mantids |
|
|
| 1225117 |
mantids |
|
|
| 1225116 |
mantids |
|
eating |
| 5428285 |
Carolina mantid |
Stagmomantis carolina |
|
| 5428284 |
Carolina mantid |
Stagmomantis carolina |
|
| 5428283 |
Carolina mantid |
Stagmomantis carolina |
|
| 1310048 |
mantids |
|
|
| 2512031 |
mantids |
|
Egg case |
| 2109062 |
mantids |
|
|
| 5423682 |
American grass mantis |
Thesprotia graminis |
|
| 5423681 |
American grass mantis |
Thesprotia graminis |
Forelimbs outstretched, body will sway as if caught in a breeze |
| 5423679 |
American grass mantis |
Thesprotia graminis |
|
| 5423680 |
American grass mantis |
Thesprotia graminis |
|
| 5402134 |
praying mantis |
Orthodera ministralis |
|
| 5402133 |
praying mantis |
Orthodera ministralis |
|
| 5403383 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
The European mantis can be distinguished by a black-ringed spot beneath the fore coxae |
| 5403377 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
male 50mm long |
| 5403378 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
male 50mm long |
| 5403379 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
male 50mm long |
| 5403380 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
male 50mm long |
| 5403381 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
male 50mm long |
| 5403382 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
male 50mm long |
| 5403372 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
male 50mm long |
| 5403373 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
male 50mm long |
| 5403374 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
male 50mm long |
| 5403375 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
male 50mm long |
| 5403376 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
male 50mm long |
| 5393647 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Feeding on redlegged grasshopper. The bull’s-eye markings at the base of the forelegs are a distinctive feature of this species |
| 5393646 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Feeding on redlegged grasshopper |
| 5393616 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Mating sequence - male is being consumed after mating. (Male is a brown morph.) |
| 5393617 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Mating sequence - male is being consumed after mating. (Male is a brown morph.) |
| 5393612 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Mating close-up. (Male is smaller and a brown morph.) |
| 5393614 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Mating pair. (Male is smaller and a brown morph.) |
| 5393615 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Mating sequence. (Male is on back an a bit out of picture.) |
| 5393610 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Mating sequence taken immediately before coupling. (Male is smaller and a brown morph.) |
| 5393611 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Mating pair. (Male is smaller and a brown morph.) |
| 5393467 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Male approaching female prior to mating. (Male is smaller and is a brown morph) |
| 5389214 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis |
Adult male their diet consists of insects |
| 5192029 |
mantids |
|
praying mantis |
| 5389213 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis |
Adult male their diet consist mainly of insects and they can be cannibalistic |
| 5389215 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis |
Adult male their diet consists primarily of insects and they can be cannibalisitc |
| 1540332 |
mantids |
|
|
| 1540331 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia |
|
| 5379945 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis |
in North Carolina Department of Agriculture tobacco field |
| 1540337 |
mantids |
|
|
| 1540336 |
mantids |
|
|
| 1540335 |
mantids |
|
|
| 1540334 |
mantids |
|
|
| 1540333 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia |
|
| 5369815 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Adult male, brown phase |
| 5364298 |
agile ground mantid |
Litaneutria minor |
Nymph of the ground mantid (Litaneutria minor). |
| 5364297 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Adult European mantid (Mantis religiosa). |
| 5364296 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Adult European mantid (Mantis religiosa) eating a grasshopper. |
| 5360731 |
mantids |
|
Anterior view of a praying mantid, standing upright. |
| 5364294 |
mantids |
|
Adult mantid with its legs and wings spread, displaying eye spot markings on its wings. |
| 5343084 |
mantid |
Tenodera spp. |
|
| 5343085 |
mantid |
Tenodera spp. |
|
| 5343083 |
mantid |
Tenodera spp. |
|
| 1487029 |
Carolina mantid |
Stagmomantis carolina |
ovipositing, 15 November 1977 |
| 5210009 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Egg case (ootheca) |
| 5209027 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Egg case (ootheca) |
| 1487026 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
feeding on grasshopper, 5 November 1973 |
| 1487032 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia |
egg oothecia and nymphs |
| 1487027 |
Carolina mantid |
Stagmomantis carolina |
ovipositing, 15 November 1977 |
| 1487028 |
Carolina mantid |
Stagmomantis carolina |
reared, September 1981. |
| 1487030 |
American grass mantis |
Thesprotia graminis |
ecdysis 13 November, December 1993, to adult 4 January 1994. |
| 1487031 |
American grass mantis |
Thesprotia graminis |
collected 7 November 1977 |
| 5138011 |
mantids |
Mantis spp. |
|
| 5138012 |
mantids |
Mantis spp. |
with skipper |
| 5138013 |
mantids |
Mantis spp. |
with skipper |
| 1435176 |
mantids |
|
Preying Mantid.Beneficial Insects. |
| 5083013 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
female, green morph |
| 5083014 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
female green morph; feeding on grasshopper |
| 5083015 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
female, green morph; feeding on grasshopper |
| 5083016 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
female, green morph; feeding on last fragment from a grasshopper. It took approximately 80 minutes to reduce the grasshopper to this size. |
| 5083017 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
female, green morph; close up of head and prothorax in side view. |
| 5008006 |
mantids |
|
|
| 5008007 |
mantids |
|
|
| 5005092 |
mantids |
|
|
| 2109061 |
mantids |
|
|
| 1246033 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis |
|
| 0485030 |
mantids |
|
egg case. |
| 0014251 |
mantids |
|
egg case |
| 2912054 |
mantids |
|
|
| 1748017 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis |
predation on grasshopper |
| 0590072 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis |
feeding on grasshopper |
| 3227042 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis |
adult rearing with front legs spread |
| 3227043 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis |
two adults fighting |
