Yersinia mexicana

Yersinia mexicana · Order: Mantodea · Family: Amelidae

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Yersinia mexicana
Photo: Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY

Yersinia mexicana lives in areas from Mexico down through Nicaragua. Its native range also spans from Mexico to Nicaragua.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Found from Mexico through Nicaragua.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Native from Mexico through Nicaragua.

Source: Wikipedia

Status: native in North America. Source: iNaturalist

More photos

Yersinia mexicana photo 2
Photo: José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY
Yersinia mexicana photo 3
Photo: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA
Yersinia mexicana photo 4
Photo: Aarón Misael Carpio Dávila, CC BY
Yersinia mexicana photo 5
Photo: Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY

Same family (Amelidae)

European Dwarf MantisEuropean Dwarf MantisAmeles spallanzaniaGrey MantisGrey MantisAmeles decolorAgile Ground MantisAgile Ground MantisLitaneutria minorIberian MantisIberian MantisApteromantis apteraSpined Dwarf MantisSpined Dwarf MantisAmeles fasciipennis

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yersinia_%28mantis%29

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

Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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