texas prey mantis ?????

[Animalia]

hey everyone pretty knew to invert hobby well i was givin a pray mantis by a friend (some one that gave me my widows ) well i dont know anything about was species it is but there is a problem i broke my camera :wall: :wall: :wall:

so does anyone know a list of wat species are in texas ? its a combination of like a dying leaf brown/green and bright green limbs if that helps any oh and it is a lil shorter than an average bic lighter

 

[Animalia]

anybody ??????

 

[reverendsterlin]

probably a chinese praying mantis Tenodera aridifolia sinensis

 

[whitewolf]

http://www.mantisphotos.com/caresheets.htm Tips and tricks from a dealer
http://www.mantisplace.com/mantiscare.html#DLM Care sheets
http://mantidforum.net/forums/ Forum
http://www.mantisplace.com/mantisforsale.html They have some pictures you can look at.

Without pictures its hard to tell but here are four off the top of my head.
"Stick Mantis" Tanzania Danuria Sp.= native but looks like a stick bug.
"Chinesse" Tenodera Aridifolia Sinensis= ooths sold as natural pesticide
Mantis Religiosa "European"= offten ooths are sold as natural pesticide
"Texas Unicorn Mantis" Phyllovates Chlorophaea= native to souther Texas and mexico has a horn on it's head.