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BabyBlue11371 · Posted: Tue 04 Apr, 2006 2:00 pm

any ideas?? I have been sifting through pages and pages of bug pics.. if ya have an idea what it is let me know..

Thanks!!
Gina *BabyBlue*

JoeReal · Posted: Tue 04 Apr, 2006 3:43 pm

looks like a juvenile preying mantis to me.

Westwood · Citruholic Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 454 Location: Oregon

Head Looks wrong to me for a praying mantis But maybe ..

plus the tail is a little wider then ive seen them but maybe this one eats better ..Tammy

just found this link to the Head of the mantis .. here is a pic
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-1072835.html
this one is a pdf format will need adobe to look at
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/choate/mantid_key2_03.pdf

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JoeReal · Posted: Tue 04 Apr, 2006 6:41 pm

praying mantis are very highly diversified, in terms of shapes and colors, but I could be wrong about this one, it's only my best guess from the quality of the image.

BabyBlue11371 · Posted: Tue 04 Apr, 2006 8:38 pm

is this pic better?

BabyBlue11371 · Posted: Wed 05 Apr, 2006 3:40 pm

i think i found it... Nymph assasin bug....

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/Z/I-HM-ZSPP-NM.001.html

Good bug!! Good bug!!!
gets to stay right where it is...

Gina *BabyBlue*

Westwood · Citruholic Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 454 Location: Oregon

thanks for the info Gina .. im keepen the link on my Bug list as good and the link is getting looked over ..

Man im not really one into spiders and snakes but yesterday i seen the most beautiful spider .. all white with red stripes down The side with 2 red dots on top ...

then i turned the mantids loose felt bad but well i never seen this one befor and really dont want them in my yard spiders like me as much as I like them ...Tammy

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