Biodiversity Database of Washington DC

Arthropoda: Insecta: Dictyoptera: Mantidae: Tenodera aridifolia sinensis

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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Dictyoptera: Mantidae: Tenodera aridifolia sinensis
Common Name: Chinese Mantid

Country: USA
State/District: VA
County: Fairfax
Date:

Photographer: Susan Hitch

Identifier: D. S. Kjar
Collector: not applicable
Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
Keywords: A alien green insect DMWP DMWPar Forest Ecology
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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Dictyoptera: Mantidae: Tenodera aridifolia sinensis
Common Name: Chinese Mantid

Country: USA
State/District: DC
County: n/a
Date: 21 September 2001

Photographer: D. S. Kjar

Identifier:
Collector: not applicable

Location: Georgetown University

Ecology Laboratory Butterfly Garden

Keywords: A praying mantis mantid GU ecology bee
Additional Information: This mantis is chewing on a bumble bee. Shortly before I took this picture, the mantis was eating a Monarch Butterfly.

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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Dictyoptera: Mantidae: Tenodera aridifolia sinensis
Common Name: Chinese Mantid, female

Country: USA
State/District: DC
County: n/a
Date: 21 September 2001

Photographer: D. S. Kjar

Identifier:
Collector: not applicable

Location: Georgetown University

Ecology Laboratory Butterfly Garden

Keywords: A praying mantis mantid GU ecology invasive species
Additional Information: I found this mantid on the steps of the Observatory. It was laying on its back and nearly frozen. I brought it inside for pictures, and it warmed up and quickly began laying eggs. The second movie is of the egg laying process.

A single egg mass will produce hundreds of these alien invasive organisms.

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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Dictyoptera: Mantidae: Tenodera aridifolia sinensis
Common Name: Chinese Mantid

Country: USA
State/District: WV
County: Berekeley
Date:

Photographer: Susan Hitch

Identifier: D. S. Kjar
Collector: not applicable
Location: Route 9 near Martinsburg
Keywords: A alien brown insect green insect DMWP DMWPar Forest Ecology
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