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Originally Posted by Frosty
They're not endangered and they're not illegal to kill. There are no state or federal laws on the books stating that. It's an old wives tale.
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wtf... in that case im killing the next 4 i see.... yes, 4, and only 4
care of wiki..."Only one
Spanish species,
Apteromantis aptera, is listed as Lower Risk/Near Threatened. With one exception (the ground mantis
Litaneutria minor in
Canada, where it is rare - though it is common in the United States), North American mantises are not included among threatened or endangered species, though species in other parts of the world are under threat from
habitat destruction. The
European mantis (
Mantis religiosa) is the state insect of
Connecticut, but the General Statutes of Connecticut do not list any special protected status, as it is a non-native species from Europe and Northern Africa.
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