Hey I just caught this mantis outside my house, but I know even less about them than I do about spiders. Can anyone tell me what species this is--and if it's a male or a female? Thanks in advance!
It was probably looking for a mate. They mate and then die. It looks like a male so it will either die of the cold, old age, or get its head bitten off by the female.
Tenodera sinensis, maybe subadult, so it wasn't looking for a mate. Mantis sexing guides are all over the bug-related Internet. If kept indoors the females can sometimes live into January.
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