Praying mantidPraying mantid| Upper Volta 1966 | Malawi 1970 | Lesotho 1978 | Niger 1987 |
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| Praying Mantid Sphodromantis lineola (Mantidae) |
Praying Mantid Sphodromantis speculabunda (Mantidae) |
Praying Mantid Sphodromantis gastrica (Mantidae) |
Praying Mantid Sphodromantis sphodromantis (Mantidae) |
| South Western Africa 1987 | Upper Volta 1981 | Cambodia 1988 |
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| Giant Coneheaded Mantid Hemiempusa capensis (Mantidae) |
Praying Mantis Mantis religiosa (Mantidae) |
Praying Mantis Mantis mantis (Mantidae) |
| Spanish Sahara 1965 | China 1992 | St.Vincent 1979 | St.Vincent 2001 |
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| Devil's Flower Mantis Blepharopsis mendica (Mantidae) |
Giant Praying Mantis Paratenodera aridifolia (Mantidae) |
Praying Mantid Stagmomantis limbata (Mantidae) |
Carolina Mantid Stagmomantis carolina (Mantidae) |
| Madagascar 1966 | Turkey 1981 | Chili 1948 | Brazil 1987 |
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| Praying Mantid Tisma freyi (Mantidae) |
Praying Mantid Empusa fasciata (Mantidae) |
Praying Mantid Coptopteryx gayi (Mantidae) |
Praying Mantid Zoolea lopiceps (Mantidae) |
| Malaysia 1998 | Malaysia 2013 | Beliez 1995 |
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| Flower Mantid Hymenopus coronatus (Mantidae) |
Malaysian Dead Leaf Mantis Deroplatys lobata (Mantidae) |
Praying Mantid Choeradodis strumaria (Mantidae) |
| Ghana 2002 | Ghana 2002 | Zimbabwe 1988 |
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| Flower Mantid Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi (Mantidae) |
Flower Mantid Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi (Mantidae) |
Flower Mantid Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi (Mantidae) |
| Australia 2010 | Poland 2011 | Kazakhstan 2012 | Sint Eustatius 2013 |
| ALUMINUM BRONZE | BRASS | COPPER-NICKEL | COPPER-NICKEL |
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| Praying Mantis Mantis religiosa (Mantidae) |
Praying Mantis Mantis religiosa (Mantidae) |
Giant Asian Mantis Hierodula tenuidentata (Mantidae) |
Praying Mantis ??? (Mantidae) |
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| Giant Praying Mantis Tenodera aridifolia (Mantidae) (MANTODEA) |
Flower Mantid Hymenopus coronatus (Mantidae) (MANTODEA) |
A forelimb leg of praying mandid is capture of the shape of a charactetistic sickle, and the body is long and slender and especially brisket is long and slender. There are kinds of various forms in praying mantid and the body is short in primitive playing mantid. The head of a triangle with a big compound eye is attached at the bodily tip, and it can move freely.
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