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The Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) is a praying mantis native to the Southern United States
Southern United States

The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive region in the southeastern and south-central United States....
 and one of six species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 found in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
. It grows to approximately in length.

The Carolina mantis has a dusty brown, gray, or green color useful as camouflage
Camouflage

Camouflage is a method of cryptic or concealing coloration that allows an otherwise visible organism or object to remain invisibility through deception....
 in certain environments. An unusual trait is that its wings only extend three quarters of the way down the abdomen in mature females, seen also in Iris oratoria
Iris oratoria

Iris oratoria, also known by the common name Mediterranean Mantis or Iris mantis, is a very widespread species of praying mantis native to Europe and now found as an introduced species in the Middle East, Western Asia and the United States....
, which can be distinguished by the "eyespots" on its wings.

Sexual cannibalism
Sexual cannibalism

Sexual cannibalism is a special case of Cannibalism in which a female organism kills and consumes a male of the same species before, during, or after copulation....
 occurs in roughly one quarter of all intersexual encounters of this species, though specimens of this species will engage in cannibalism regardless of age or gender if the opportunity presents itself.

Carolina mantis ootheca
Ootheca

An ootheca is a type of Egg mass made by any member of a variety of species .The word is a combination of oo-, meaning "egg", from the Greek word oion, and theca, meaning a "cover" or "container", from the Greek theke....
e can be purchased in garden supply centers as a means of biological control of pest insects.






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The Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) is a praying mantis native to the Southern United States
Southern United States

The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive region in the southeastern and south-central United States....
 and one of six species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 found in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
. It grows to approximately in length.

The Carolina mantis has a dusty brown, gray, or green color useful as camouflage
Camouflage

Camouflage is a method of cryptic or concealing coloration that allows an otherwise visible organism or object to remain invisibility through deception....
 in certain environments. An unusual trait is that its wings only extend three quarters of the way down the abdomen in mature females, seen also in Iris oratoria
Iris oratoria

Iris oratoria, also known by the common name Mediterranean Mantis or Iris mantis, is a very widespread species of praying mantis native to Europe and now found as an introduced species in the Middle East, Western Asia and the United States....
, which can be distinguished by the "eyespots" on its wings.

Sexual cannibalism
Sexual cannibalism

Sexual cannibalism is a special case of Cannibalism in which a female organism kills and consumes a male of the same species before, during, or after copulation....
 occurs in roughly one quarter of all intersexual encounters of this species, though specimens of this species will engage in cannibalism regardless of age or gender if the opportunity presents itself.

Carolina mantis ootheca
Ootheca

An ootheca is a type of Egg mass made by any member of a variety of species .The word is a combination of oo-, meaning "egg", from the Greek word oion, and theca, meaning a "cover" or "container", from the Greek theke....
e can be purchased in garden supply centers as a means of biological control of pest insects. It is the state insect
Insect

Insects are the biggest class of arthropods and the only ones with wings. They are the most diverse group of animals on the planet. They are most diverse at the equator and their diversity declines toward the poles....
 of South Carolina
South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
. age:Female mantis devouring male So Calif.jpg|333px|left|thumb|This female Stagmomantis carolina is shown here cannibalizing
Cannibalism

Cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating other humans. The ritualistic eating of human flesh is also known as anthropophagy, from Greek: ?????p??, anthropos, "human being"; and fa?e??, phagein, "to eat"....
 another female. This tendency carries over into mating; Sexual cannibalism occurs in roughly one quarter of all intersexual encounters of this species.]]

External links

  • David Edwin Hill: Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) feeding on tettigonid cricket —