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Submitted by: Moni

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Christine You have a praying mantid. It looks like a female Carolina mantid as the wings do not cover the abdomen and the males are much narrower in the body. The large 6" long brown mantids with a green stripe along the sides of the wings are Chinese mantids. These are beneficial insects as they eat the bad bugs of the garden, so please put it back out in the garden. Some folks get frustrated when the mantids get on their butterfly bushes catching the beautiful butterflies. When that happens, just move them to a part of the garden where you are have other insect pest problems. They will eat those insects instead.

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Submitted by: Nadine

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I believe this is a praying mantus. At least that's what I think, I am no bug expert but have seen many of them here in New Hampshire.

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