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Gongylus gongylodes
Gongylus gongylodes, also known as the wandering violin mantis, Ornate mantis or Indian rose mantis, is an insect of the order Mantodea
Spotted on May 7, 2012
Submitted on Nov 12, 2013
22 Comments
Seema, what a wonderfully bizarre mantis! I would love to see all of your beautiful mantis spottings added to the global mantis mission! http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1573...
It really seems its taken from a Sci-Fi movie :D Amazing!
It looks like an alien, Impressive, awesome, congrats !!!
it looks like the Alien Mother Beast!
Fantasy sighting!
@Adarsha B S Nice comment .
For me it looks like some prince. :)
This is such an incredible spotting..No words to describe..
May be i can say " Musical: :)
Thank you all !!
Extraordinary spotting ! thank you for sharing !
amazing pic can u help me identify some insects in my spottings thanxx..!! i need guide to identify insects..! thanxx
Exact words Rieko used!
This is amazing. Love it.
Beautiful!
Wow! What an interesting mantis. I'm glad I looked at the enlarged picture, the thumbnail doesn't do it justice.
An outstanding find!
Amazing spotting. Congrats!
Beautiful!!
Awesome!
Fun fact! Mantises hunt by ambushing their prey and many species have evolved to mimic flowers or leaves, providing them with excellent camouflage. The wandering violin mantis has a slender body with long leafy limbs that allow it to visually vanish into the foliage where is preys upon flying insects. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...
perfect!
Beautiful find!
Wonderful creature!