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Odontomantis planiceps
aka Grass mantis - nymph: the Asian Ant Mantis is so called for its apparent mimicry of an ant during its nymph/instar phases and the adults do not resemble ants at all. as the nymphs grow (and slowly changes from black to green) they eventually lose their ant-like appearance and begin to look more like your conventional praying mantis... but still remain tiny as adults growing to about 25mm in length.
Mantodea; Hymenopodidae; Hymenopodinae; Anaxarchini
Spotted on Jul 9, 2018
Submitted on Jul 28, 2019
6 Comments
@AshleyT
thankyou very much Project Noah.!
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
@DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
thanks Doc.!
@Neil Ross
thanks... and it was just 10mm in length and looking and moving like an ant... at least that was what i thought it was the first time i saw one.!
This earth is full of surprises! Great spotting Ong!
Wow, that is an amazing mantis! Well spotted, Richard.