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James Cook University: Mantises Planking Their Way to Urban Dominance
June 03, 2026
TOWNSVILLE, Australia, June 3 (TNSjou) -- James Cook University issued the following news release:

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New mantises planking their way to urban dominance

A team of JCU scientists have discovered and named three new 'leaf-planking' praying mantis species and recorded another mantis species turning up far from its assumed habitat.

JCU PhD candidate Matthew Connors recently discovered and named three new Snake Mantis species from the K . . .

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