Is this a mantis?

[kyguylal]

Hi well im new to the whole mantid thing and I may have found one.

in the first picture its in a poland springs bottle cap for size reference. Is this in fact a mantis? I found it on a wire fence in massachusetts. It is 103 degrees out today.

Edit: took a better picture.

 

[robo mantis]

That is a walking stick.

 

[kyguylal]

whats a walking stick?

 

[bubforever]

Its basically what it sounds like. It's a stick insect or an insect that mimics sticks for camoflauge.

 

[robo mantis]

Stick insect is more proper

 

[yen_saw]

Looks like a wheel bug to me.... some kind of assassin bug nymph.

 

[Rick]

Yeah it doesn't look like a stick insect.

 

[kyguylal]

I looked it up and im pretty sure its an assasin bug nymph. Anyone know how I can get a mantid in my area?

 

[Rick]

I looked it up and im pretty sure its an assasin bug nymph. Anyone know how I can get a mantid in my area?

Where do you live? Most likely just walk outside and find one.

 

[Ben.M]

Where do u live in the USA, first figure out what species live ur way

This may help,

http://www.herper.com/insects/namantids.html

 

[kyguylal]

im in MA

 

[Ben.M]

I'm english and at geography, what does MA mean :lol:

 

[Ben.M]

Massachusetts ???

 

[kyguylal]

ya

 

[buddhistsoldier88]

that is in fact an assassin bug. those are cool too mate! keep it the same way you would a chinese (or look up info on google etc).

 

[Sparky]

These aren't assassin bugs They just look like them except that these suck plant juices. We have ALOT here and they are messing up my mom's flower bush. They go through the same stages as a mantis. Molt, molt, molt, molt, molt, molt, then adult with wings. As an adult they end up looking like a long stinkbug.

I used to think these were assasin bugs too, but when i kept them, they never ate any insects. When I let 3 of them go back into the bush, they started to insert their "beaks" into the stems. I was disappointed to find out that they weren't assasin bugs

 

[robo mantis]

Massachusetts ???

Its a state in America (or what you Europeans call provinces).

 

[Ben.M]

I know, i didnt know what MA meant so i guessed Massachusetts

 

[robo mantis]

Oh