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Flower Mantis

Creobroter sp.

Description:

Length: ~2.75cm Season : Summer season Time : 03:00am 21Mar2022 Frequency : Very Rare Life stage : Adult

Notes:

It looks like a species of Flower mantis under Genus Creobroter.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Jeweled Flower Mantis, Asian flower mantis
Creobroter gemmatus Saussure, 1869 Creobroter gemmatus - Wikipedia


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1 Comment

m.prasad.369
m.prasad.369 a year ago

Hi Võ Anh Tuấn, Thank you for the comment. I'm little confused between these 2 closely related species Creobroter gemmatus and Creobroter pictipennis. Both are native to Asia. The only difference is the wing pattern, as per below article, but exact difference is unclear :
https://www.keepinginsects.com/praying-m.... If you are sure, we go with C.gemmatus other wise with Creobroter sp.

m.prasad.369
Spotted by
m.prasad.369

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Spotted on Mar 21, 2022
Submitted on Jun 1, 2022

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