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Pacific Ground Mantis

Litaneutria pacifica

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) tmvan1, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 13, February 11, March 11, April 14, May 19, June 35, July 26, August 28, September 20, October 13, November 15, December 11.
California158
United States152
Nevada12

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderMantises · Mantodea
FamilyAmelidae
GenusAmerican Ground Mantises · Litaneutria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Pacific Ground Mantis with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.