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Dead leaf mantis

Acanthops falcata

Description:

Acanthops falcataria, common name South American Dead Leaf Mantis, is a species of praying mantis placed historically in the family Acanthopidae and is one of many mantis from various genera that resembles a dead leaf.

Habitat:

Mantis are found worldwide in warm and tropical climates. There are twenty-three hundred species worldwide, mostly in the tropical rainforests of South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia.

Notes:

Now you see me, now you don't.

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4 Comments

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Please consider adding this to the Mimetic Animals mission.

HenkvanRiesen
HenkvanRiesen 11 years ago

Thanks Gerardo!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Welcome to Project Noah Henkvan!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Wow great spotting!

HenkvanRiesen
Spotted by
HenkvanRiesen

Santander, Colombia

Spotted on Jul 4, 2012
Submitted on Jul 7, 2012

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