Can you guess what this insect is?

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  • Profile picture of the author nbsdemo
    A Praying Mantis..
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  • Profile picture of the author KinneyJ2014
    its a new species mantis and a wasp like body hybrid I never seen like it before I thought it was cool
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    LOL - he's diggin' his BBQ. That's pretty cute.
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  • Profile picture of the author HN
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    I couldn't guess, so I looked it up.

    It's Climaciella brunnea

    http://webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu/bs...0mantidfly.pdf
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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by HN View Post

      I couldn't guess, so I looked it up.

      It's Climaciella brunnea

      http://webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu/bs...0mantidfly.pdf
      MAN, that lifecycle really makes one wonder. I mean EACH larva has to find a wolf spider? I once got some normal praying mantis egg sacks. Apparently THEY make their OWN. The babies just hatched one day and looked like tiny praying mantis! They were maybe 2mm long, iirc. Eventually, I saw them all over, and they were close to maybe 3" long! So they seemed to have a simple life cycle.

      Steve
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