#stagmomantis carolina

[celestialmacros]

Glamor shoot with a mantis on the porch window.

Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)

October 6, 2020

Southeastern Pennsylvania

[kremro]

Put Up Your Dukes (Carolia mantid: Stagmomantis carolina) by AARON ("Ronny") Rentz Via Flickr: This little guy was so much fun to shoot. We spent about 1 1/2 hours "playing" with him. I swear, you would have thought he was posing for us. At times he looked like he was actually smiling. He took on the role of boxer, orchestra director and just plain old model. He was relocated to a much better place than he was found. Our only disappointment was we couldn't keep him as a pet. We also worried a little about where we set him free- in the middle of a patch of four-o'clocks . Problem with that was hummingbirds frequent the flowers and we read that these little guy had been known to snare hummers.

[bugsandnaturethings]

Stagmomantis carolina, Carolina Mantis

[platycryptus]

Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina). Austin, Texas, 10/17/19

A close relative of the arizona mantis, this is probably the most common and widespread mantis in the Americas- it has a range stretching across the southern US, down through Mexico and all the way to Argentina. It’s also a highly variable species, with color forms ranging from mottled gray or brown like this one to patternless bright green and everything in between. This has caused it to be described as several species in the past.

I found this large female hanging from a castor bean plant near a wastewater treatment pond. The sewage from Austin fertilizes lush vegetation that gives rise to an absurd density of herbivorous insects, which in turn has given rise to a large population of carolina mantids- I counted 8 or 9 of their eggcases (oothecae) clustered within inches on a single tree trunk.

[bugkeeping]

oh paparazzi, make sure you get my good side

[animalids]

Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)

Photo by Matthew T Rader

[toddjdreyer]

First time sighting of Stagmomantis carolina / Carolina Mantis at my moth light

[yeoldebogwitch]

We've got babies!!!

I ordered several carolina mantis egg casings a few weeks ago and they decided to grace me with their presence today 😍

[deathtek]

7/12/20

[fatchance]

Claybank insects: That mantis again. Carolina praying mantis (Stagmomantis carolina). Gloucester County, Virginia. 

[celestialmacros]

Another Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina), this one a very different color morph than the last one I posted.  

October 13, 2019

Southeastern Pennsylvania

On New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)

[scarletandgreyexotics]

I consider mantids to be good omens - whenever I find one, something lucky happens soon after. Well, I found these two within the same week, so I can’t wait to find out what’s in store for me, haha :)

First photo: Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)

Second/Third photos: Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis) (this one bit my finger so hard, it split the tip open and caused bruising! oof!)

[bugsandnaturethings]

My Carolina mantis nymph has the coolest mottled color scheme goin on

[imagoodstudent]

Such a flirt...

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My mantis finally allowed me to hold her she is such a grumpy girl

[bugkeeping]

Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)