Help ID this liitle Mantis

Gatto

It was cool and calm and I was able to take a series of shots for the stack of the full body, it was about 1 inch long

Lord Vetinari

Lovely captures- not a mantid but a mantis fly see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantispidae

Brian v.

Gatto

Lord Vetinari wrote: »

Lovely captures- not a mantid but a mantis fly see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantispidae

Brian v.

Thank you Brian ...that makes me even happier an uncommon insect :-)

Lord Vetinari

Gatto wrote: »

Thank you Brian ...that makes me even happier an uncommon insect :-)

Agree- certainly do not see many photos of them on forums. I would love to see one.

Brian v.

IPClark

So is this a Hybrid of the Mantis and a Lacewing? that is one awesome looking bug and yeah, never seen one like this. Excellent shots.