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Detestor procerahamusi
("deliverance prayer" "long talons")

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Specimen #01120, 3/10/2001

Length: 5 inches (without antennae)

Composition: 12 karat gold filled wire, copper wire, #12 surgical steel scalpel blades, #11 surgical steel scalpel blades

Collection site: Badlands, South Dakota

Comments: This mantis has the perfect stance, in my mind. The balance of it made it feel almost alive when I held it in my hand, as if it was about to strike forward... too bad it has to live in the safety of a display case.

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