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This was quite a large specimen of around 15 cm in size. Managed to took only 2 ...
Acanthops falcataria, common name South American
Mantodea, Acanthopidae, Acanthopinae, Acanthops.
South American
Family: Mantidae (Deroplatyinae)
A very strange looking mantis that I got ...
Mimetism works but it has limits. In this case, a
This little guy was around 2cm in size, was found among
increasing the resemblance to a dead
Stenophylla lobivertex (Class Insecta, Order Mantodea, Family Acanthopidae, ...
winged, with wings patterned like dead ...