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Posted: **Wed Aug 22, 2018 10:30 am**

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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Posted: **Wed Aug 22, 2018 10:49 am**

It's one of its relatives, a female Empusa fasciata!

Shane

Posted: **Wed Aug 22, 2018 10:50 am**

https://youtu.be/oVVLni1tirA

Posted: **Wed Aug 22, 2018 3:44 pm**

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.

Posted: **Wed Aug 22, 2018 5:38 pm**

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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