The most beautiful praying mantises

The most beautiful praying mantises

Categories: World

To date, the world fauna has more than 2000 species of praying mantis. These large and medium tropical and subtropical insects get their name from the praying posture they adopt while hunting. It is worth noting that praying mantises are excellent hunters. They capture prey, sometimes larger than their own size, with their fragile-looking but powerful paws. Cannibalism is also practiced among female praying mantises. They eat males during mating.

Praying mantises are masters of disguise. For example, the orchid mantis lives on orchid flowers and has a shape and body color similar to the flowers of the plant. In general, the appearance of praying mantises is strikingly different depending on the species. The most beautiful of them are presented below.

(Total 19 photos)

The most beautiful praying mantises

9th place. African praying mantis

The most beautiful praying mantises

1. Habitat - Africa. (John B Wilson)

The most beautiful praying mantises

2. African praying mantis. (Bill & Mark Bell)

8th place. African branch mantis

The most beautiful praying mantises

3. African branch praying mantis. (Steve Smith)

7th place. Mantis Choeradodis rhomboidea

The most beautiful praying mantises

4. Habitat - Central America. (Andreas Kay)

The most beautiful praying mantises

5. Mantis Choeradodis rhomboidea. (Andreas Kay)

6th place. Mantis Phyllocrania paradoxa

The most beautiful praying mantises

6. Representative of the family Metallyticidae. (Steve Smith)

The most beautiful praying mantises

7. Habitat - Madagascar. (Frupus)

5th place. Devil's flower

The most beautiful praying mantises

8. Representative of the family Empusidae. (Steve Smith)

The most beautiful praying mantises

9. Habitat - East Africa. (Steve Smith)

The most beautiful praying mantises

10. Color - from light brown to green. (Steve Smith)

4th place. Mantis Deroplatys Lobata

The most beautiful praying mantises

11. Habitat - Java, Sumatra and Borneo. (Bernard DuPont)

The most beautiful praying mantises

12. Mantis Deroplatys Lobata. (Bernard DuPont)

3rd place. Mantis Blepharopsis mendica

The most beautiful praying mantises

13. Habitat - North Africa, Asia Minor. (David Marquina Reyes)

2nd place. Spiked flower mantis

The most beautiful praying mantises

14. Representative of the Hymenopodidae family. (Frupus)

The most beautiful praying mantises

15. Habitat - South and East Africa. (Frupus)

The most beautiful praying mantises

16. Spiked flower mantis. (Frupus)

1 place. orchid mantis

The most beautiful praying mantises

17. Representative of the genus Hymenopus. (Frupus)

The most beautiful praying mantises

18. Habitat - India and Indonesia. (Frupus)

The most beautiful praying mantises

19. Orchid praying mantis is able to change color from white to pink. (Luc Viatou)

Keywords: Praying mantis | Insects

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