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Written by ragman on 2024-08-11 at 02:56

Saw this cool praying mantis outside our door in West Philly tonight! Anybody know what kind it is?

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Written by Nelson on 2024-08-11 at 13:42

@ragman Unfortunately there are multiple similar-looking mantises that are common in our area, and only one is native: https://www.brandywine.org/conservancy/blog/invasive-mantis-species

The native Carolina mantis can be distinguished from the invasive Chinese mantis if you get a really close-up picture of its face: https://bugguide.net/node/view/4821

You could try posting this to iNaturalist, where a computer vision model suggests IDs for lifeforms, and then human volunteers help narrow down or confirm the ID:

:inaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185304517

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Written by ragman on 2024-08-11 at 14:34

@skyfaller Thank you for the information! I do have one more picture of its face that might help.

Looking at the bugguide.net link, it looks maybe like the Carolina mantis? But can't tell :)

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