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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Mantises
  6. Extant Mantises

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Extant Mantises

Eumantodea

Includes
28 native 12 introduced 7 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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  • Schizomantodea 27 native
  • Spinomantodea 1 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native extant mantises All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Carolina Mantis Stagmomantis carolina 64,140 observations
  • Arizona Mantis Stagmomantis limbata 35,854 observations
  • American Grass Mantis Thesprotia graminis 4,055 observations
  • Grizzled Mantis Gonatista grisea 2,452 observations
  • California Mantis Stagmomantis wheelerii 1,437 observations
  • Agile Ground Mantis Litaneutria minor 1,398 observations
  • Slim Mexican Mantis Bistanta mexicana 1,155 observations
  • Larger Florida Mantis Stagmomantis floridensis 765 observations
  • Horned Ground Mantis Yersiniops solitarius 277 observations

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