Went collecting. Tons of pics. Narrow winged mantids (Tenodera angustipennis)

I found what I thought was a Narrow-Winged Mantid (Tenodera angustipennis) last year but it flew away while I was trying to catch it. Never saw any proof these were in the state. Today I went to a new place and found several of them to include ooths. Got stung by a wasp trying to get the first ooth that was right next to a wasp nest. Also found carolina mantids and chinese.

Habitat shots:









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First ooth! I was very happy to see it was from the narrow winged mantis. My hunch was correct. They lay them at about eye level.





Right after being stung:

Carolina female:

Tree frog



Lizard:



Second narrow wing ooth:







Male Chinese:



Female chinese right nearby. Big fat girl.

Another narrow wing ooth:



Finally found one!:





Another one in same tree:





Another ooth:



Another narrow winged female:





Some kind of gourd or something:

Nice finds. That sure is a fat female!

Chinese female:





Another chinese female. Didn't find any narrow wing on this side of the road:











More narrow winged ooths. Two together:



More:

Probably the ooth maker. Narrow wing female. She was very sluggish and looked rough:





Very rough looking chinese male. He was fiesty though!







Back home. I kept two chinese females for my yard and two narrow winged that will eventually be pinned:

Chinese females:

Chinese versus narrow winged. Was trying to compare but the narrow winged wouldn't hold still. She climbed up onto the chinese. The chinese were 11 cm and the narrow wigned was 9 cm





Narrow winged:



Chinese wing:



Narrow winged. One of their differences:

Did you keep any of the ooths?

mantidsaresweet said:

Did you keep any of the ooths?

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Of course.

Nice pics.

BTW, last pic is funny...you can see your dogs tail

lemmiwinks said:

Nice pics.BTW, last pic is funny...you can see your dogs tail

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He's in a couple. :lol:

Rick said:

Of course.

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Great! I would love some nymphs when they hatch.

mantidsaresweet said:

Great! I would love some nymphs when they hatch.

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Gonna incubate one and keep the other two outside until I decide what to do with them. Not sure if they need a diapause.

Great pictures Rick! Thanks for showing us the differences between the two species.

Emile said:

Great pictures Rick! Thanks for showing us the differences between the two species.

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Well only ones I know are that narrow wing have an orange spot between the front two legs and chinese have a yellow spot. Narrow wing have in fact narrower wings with the majority of the flying wings being clear. They are also slightly smaller and I could tell them apart in the field due to the size of their heads. The ooths look totally different.

Awesome pics Rick. Man narrow wing and Chinese sure do look similar. But thanks for pointing out the differences. Also love the lizard pic.

Oh, and you sure are a trooper for withstanding the wasp attack, it seems that wasps and mantids are always so close to each other.

Nice pictures. Wow, both species look a lot alike.

It is amazing how similar they look as a mantis, yet the ooths are completely different!