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Agile ground mantid

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Mantids in Washington - WSU
Litaneutria minor - BugGuide
Agile Ground Mantid - Enature
Ground Mantid - Royal BC Museum

 

Picture of a female agile ground mantid or Litaneutria minor
Agile ground mantid female, Litaneutria minor
at Lake Roosevelt, Washington

 

Picture of an agile ground mantid nymph
Agile ground mantid nymph
at Frenchman Coulee, Washington

 

Agile ground mantid camouflage picture
Agile ground mantid camouflage

 

Agile ground mantids or Litaneutria minorrange from Mexico through California, Colorado, and the desert southwest to Washington and British Columbia. They are small-- the larger specimen here was perhaps an inch long while the nymph measured about half as long--and difficult to see. Males have wings while females and nymphs have at the most undeveloped wing pads.



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