Wandering violin mantis
Gongylus gongylodes
Description:
Size 10 cm,
lurking hunter,
prey: flying insects
Habitat:
sunny dry aereas with bushes
Notes:
Home bred animal
Alpen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Spotted on Jul 26, 2013
Submitted on Jul 26, 2013
12 Comments
This is an amazing species. Please put the location to Alpen, Germany if you bred this one. Location is for specimen not species. Thank you.
OMG! This is one crazy mantis.
Another great mantis -you must have a fantastic collection of photos from all over the world, Bennolbold ! Thanks for sharing these.
Whoa that's the coolest mantis ever!! Thank you!
Wow,amazing capture BennoIbold,beautiful,congrats and thanks for sharing these beautys with us
Thank you all for your nice comments.
WOW!! I love that Wandering violin mantis!! and I agreed that 4th picture it is absolutely fabulous!!
These are my favorite too!
these are my favorite mantises
Nice series! Such an impressive Mantis.
Wow! The fourth photo really gives you a sense of what it looks like.
That is a great Mantis! Awesome find. :-)