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Spiny Flower Praying Mantis at Brufut

Our recent Gambia and Senegal visit was so much more than birding.

Polly found this by the track at Brufut. I had always thought Mantids were green or brown and certainly didn't know they came with spines!

I'm trying to hunt down an ID for it, should anyone happen to know exactly what it is!

Update:

Thanks to Rainbirder - your ID really helped. This is (I gather) P.wahlbergii.

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Uploaded on March 16, 2009
Taken on February 25, 2009