Larger Florida Mantis

Stagmomantis floridensis · Order: Mantodea · Family: Mantidae

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Larger Florida Mantis
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The larger Florida mantis is found only in Florida. It lives naturally in that state and does not occur elsewhere.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

They are endemic to Florida.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

They are endemic to Florida.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

They are endemic to Florida.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 2 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, Georgia.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: endemic in North America; endemic in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Larger Florida Mantis photo 3
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Photo: Tom Field, CC BY
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Photo: aispinsects, CC BY

Questions people ask

Where does the larger Florida mantis live?

It is endemic to Florida.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Mantidae)

European MantisEuropean MantisMantis religiosaChinese MantisChinese MantisTenodera sinensisCarolina MantisCarolina MantisStagmomantis carolinaArizona MantisArizona MantisStagmomantis limbataGiant Asian MantisGiant Asian MantisHierodula patelliferaFalse Garden MantisFalse Garden MantisPseudomantis albofimbriata

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagmomantis_floridensis

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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