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Mantodea (or mantises, mantes) is an order of insects that contains over 2,400 species and about 430 genera.

praying mantis, because of the typical "prayer-like" posture with folded fore-limbs, although the eggcorn "preying mantis" is sometimes used in reference to their predatory habits.

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Los mantodeos Mantodea, de Mantis,son un orden de insectos neópteros comúnmente conocidos como mantis, mamboretás, santa teresas, rezadoras o campamochas.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Subclass: Pterygota

Infraclass: Neoptera

Superorder: Dictyoptera

Order: Mantodea

Camera: Canon EOS 5D mark-III

Lens: Canon EF 180mm Macro L

Settings: 1/160ƒ/8 ISO-640 180mm

Capture: Conowingo, MD-USA

By: HVargas

 

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