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We think it might be a baby Praying Mantis. It certainly walks like one, but it doesn't really look like one. Any ideas?
 
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It's one of its relatives, a female Empusa fasciata!


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Thanks Shane. The key thing was, she got himself free of the bit of sawdust she had got attached to in one of the photos, and I was able to put her out of harm's way.
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Praying Mantis is a general term applied to any Mantid, similar to that of a Seagull being applied to any Gull! The Mantid we normally associate as a "Praying Mantis" is the Sphodromantis viridis shown below.
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