Stock Photo: Praying Mantis White Exoskeleton Stagmomantis Californica
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Newly molted praying mantis with white exoskeleton climbing on a bean plant. Once exoskeleton hardens, mantis will regain natural green or brown coloring. Mantises are an order Mantodea of insects that contains over 2,400 species, distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all Mantodea have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, has led to the common name praying mantis. Class Insecta, order mantodea, family mantidae, genus stagmomantis, species californica
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