Bolbe pygmaea

At approximately 1 cm in length when fully grown, "Bolbe pygmea" is the smallest species of praying mantis in the world. [ [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/TaxonTree.aspx?id=17589] Taxonomicon] [http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/mantids/praying/index.html] Inspecta Insect World] [http://www.treknature.com/gallery/South_America/photo168360.htm] Trek Nature] [ [http://cetuolumne.ucdavis.edu/newsletterfiles/Master_Gardeners_of_Tuolumne_County_Newsletter12413.pdf] U.S. Department of Agriculture, University of California & Tuolumne County] [ [http://www.nilesbio.com/prod318.html] Nile's Biological Inc.] [ [http://www.gdnctr.com/ipm.htm] John Shelley's Garden Center & Nursery, Inc.] [ [http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/animals/invertebrates/prayingmantis.htm] Sheppardsoftware.com, "We make learning fun"]

ee also

*List of mantis genera and species

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