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Hierodula venosa
Hierodula is a genus of praying mantises found throughout Asia. Many species are referred to by the common name giant Asian mantis because of their large size. Hierodula venosa Olivier, 1792 Indonesia: Borneo, Java, Sumatra
Bush, Grass
ID Edited @ 27 Juni 2013 from: Tenodera (Genus) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenodera
Spotted on Sep 8, 2012
Submitted on Sep 25, 2012
3 Comments
Are you sure it is Hierodula venosa? Is there no other Hierodula in that area that looks like this? I counted 109 species of Hierodula on Mantodea.speciesfile.org.
Mr. Goldfish, Thanks for the clue
Not Tenodera or looks too different. Maybe Hierodula.