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Mantid Discussions
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<blockquote data-quote="Obie" data-source="post: 13138" data-attributes="member: 238"><p>I had a talk today with my coworkers...all entomologists (museum curators and professors). This was the consensus:</p><p></p><p><strong>Mantid</strong> or mantids are the correct terms for members of the insect order Mantodea. <strong>Mantis</strong> and praying mantis are both supposed to refer to Mantis religiosa and other members of that genus only, but are common slang terms for Mantids...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Obie, post: 13138, member: 238"] I had a talk today with my coworkers...all entomologists (museum curators and professors). This was the consensus: [B]Mantid[/B] or mantids are the correct terms for members of the insect order Mantodea. [B]Mantis[/B] and praying mantis are both supposed to refer to Mantis religiosa and other members of that genus only, but are common slang terms for Mantids... [/QUOTE]
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