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Sawfly? mantis ID

the_alpha_wolf_rules

21 years ago

Mom thought it was a caterpillar :P

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now, this may sound ridiculous, but out of the 3 or 4 species of mantids in the US (I think?) I just can't ID this one!

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They're attracted to lights. One day I found that one ^ and another day one came to my balcony at night.

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I love mantids

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Yes, that picture is horrible. But if you look, you can see the orangeish/reddish top of the abdomen. It looked pretty cool when it flew as it was black (wings) with red (abdomen)

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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
21 years ago
That's a red headed pine sawfly larvae....but you knew that, didn't you?

There are a LOT more than 4 species of mantid in NA. Check out the attached list and maybe you can do some looking around. Yours is a beauty.

Here is a link that might be useful: Mantid species
the_alpha_wolf_rules
Original Author
21 years ago
"That's a red headed pine sawfly larvae....but you knew that, didn't you? "

lol... errr.... riiight.
Thanks!

"There are a LOT more than 4 species of mantid in NA."

well, I said the US but I guess that's not too relevant lol :P
I looked and I still can't ID it. Maybe it's a new species (right...)
sigh. nature is so annoying.
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