Is this a Carolina mantis?
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PrayingMantisPets
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looks like it. dont know for sure thought.
soundspawn
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Yes, Stagmomantis carolina, adult female
LAME
Tenodera sinensis (the one and only)
yep, she's pretty too 
Crazy4mantis
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+1 s. carolina adult female
great coloration.
great coloration.
happy1892
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Is she (the Carolina Mantis) from Ontario, Canada?
TheBeesKnees
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unlikely, I think ontario only gets M. religiosa and T. sinensis. And I'm not even sure about the Tenodera...might just be M. religiosa...
Canada does not have many mantis species; I only know of three (the third being L. minor/ground mantis in the Okanagan...) :< I don't think S. carolina get up north far enough to spill into the canadian boarder.
Edit: oh, I just realized why this question cropped up--if this was indeed taken from Ontario, that'd be pretty damn sweet. Go go gadget climate change!
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happy1892
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Tenodera sinensis in a bugguide picture was only in the southern part of Ontario.
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TheBeesKnees
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ah, if Tenodera is in Quebec, I imagine it must be in ontario, too! Since Quebec's further north
Man, I lived in Ontario, on an acreage, for so long, and the only mantis I had ever seen was a fat M. religiosa female on Manitoulin Island. That's it! I feel so jipped.
Man, I lived in Ontario, on an acreage, for so long, and the only mantis I had ever seen was a fat M. religiosa female on Manitoulin Island. That's it! I feel so jipped.
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happy1892
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Well, Montreal, Quebec is pretty far south in Quebec. Also, there are S. carolina in Maine I think (introduced?).
Bug
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Just to clarify, I didn't actually find this mantis in person, I just found the picture online and it didn't say what kind of mantis it was and I was curious.
soundspawn
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litaneutria_minor claims "[Litaneutria minor is] Canada's only native mantis"
Creative use of the word "native", bad info, or is this perhaps right? I've heard Canada disallows essentially all mantids due to lack of natives - including M. religiosa...
SkittishMale
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Tenodera sinensis is not yet found in the wild in Canada. The odd one may pop up because their oothecae are sold as biological control for gardens and so the ones that make it to adulthood will linger until the end of the year.
TheBeesKnees
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There are deeefinately M. religiosa across the Canadian boarder :] But they're not considered native, since they were brought over from across the pond. And, you'll only find them in the warmer areas. I found mine on a giant island in the middle of Lake Huron (large bodies of water endeavor to equalize seasonal temperatures, etc--which probably prevents the ooths from dying in the winter). Whether they are considered "invasive" or not, I'm unsure--but that'd explain it if they're an illegal species to own/import in canada.
And yeah, Tenoderas don't survive the canadian winters, but as SkittishMale said, the ooths are certainly sold in any big store with a gardening section, and so it's possible to find them around, outside of people's garden, in late summer. At least, there've been folks who have. I'm not surprised though, to hear that you can't just go out to any field away from urban environments, and expect to find some like you would in many parts of the states...
Litaneutria minor is the only mantis species that wasn't brought over from another country. And their population is apparently restricted to the Okanagan valley in B.C.
Canada is such a desert when it comes to mantids U_________U
And yeah, Tenoderas don't survive the canadian winters, but as SkittishMale said, the ooths are certainly sold in any big store with a gardening section, and so it's possible to find them around, outside of people's garden, in late summer. At least, there've been folks who have. I'm not surprised though, to hear that you can't just go out to any field away from urban environments, and expect to find some like you would in many parts of the states...
Litaneutria minor is the only mantis species that wasn't brought over from another country. And their population is apparently restricted to the Okanagan valley in B.C.
Canada is such a desert when it comes to mantids U_________U
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