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American Shield Mantises
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American Shield Mantises

Choeradodis

Choeradodis is a genus of praying mantises with common names such as shield mantis, hood mantis (or hooded mantis), and leaf mantis (or leafy mantis) because of their extended, leaf-like thoraxes....

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Peruvian Shield Mantis

speciesChoeradodis rhombicollis

Choeradodis stalii

speciesChoeradodis stalii

Tropical Shield Mantis

speciesChoeradodis rhomboidea

Columbian Shield Mantis

speciesChoeradodis columbica

Choeradodis strumaria

speciesChoeradodis strumaria

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 132141.