Phyllocrania paradoxa, the ghost mantis, is an African insect that has become common in the pet trade.
Orthodera ministralis - Australian Garden Mantis. The small wing pads indicate this individual is not yet mature. Melbourne, Australia
Orthodera ministralis - Australian Garden Mantis Melbourne, Australia
An Australian Garden Mantis Orthodera ministralis cleans pollen from her foot. Melbourne, Australia
Stagmomantis carolina, the carolina mantis. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Preying mantises are meticulously clean insects. Here, a female carolina mantis, Stagmomantis carolina, grooms a hindleg. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Tenodera sinensis - chinese mantis, nymph.
A young Tenodera sinensis mantis nymph lurks among the black-eyed susans in an Illinois prairie. Urbana, Illinois, USA
This Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis) shows scars on her face from healed wounds. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Portrait of a young chinese mantis, Tenodera sinensis.
A newly hatched Stagmomantis carolina surveys the world. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Tenodera sinensis
Chinese mantis, nymph. Urbana, Illinois, USA.
A mating pair of Chinese mantids, Tenodera sinensis. Contrary to popular belief, the female does not always, or even often, consume the male during mating. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Chinese mantis, Tenodera sinensis. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Tenodera sinensis - chinese mantis.
Mantises consume their prey alive. This chinese mantid Tenodera sinensis tore apart and ate this fruit fly in a matter of minutes.
A mature female Chinese mantis, Tenodera sinensis, grooming. Urbana, Illinois, USA
A tree-dwelling mantis emerges from the moss in an Ecuadorian cloud forest. Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Tenodera sinensis egg case
Mantises overwinter as eggs in thick cases glued to low vegetation. This is an egg case of the Chinese mantis, Tenodera sinensis. Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Portrait of a female Chinese Mantis, an Asian species that has become common in North America following introduction for biological pest control. Urbana, Illinois, USA.
The fore tibia of a praying mantis is well suited for grasping prey. Urbana, Illinois, USA.
