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Marbled Mantis
Hierodula parviceps
11.551, 122.729
Field Notes
Description:
" Hide all ye cowards! all you birds, and know that the Mantis is invincible!
Huh! stayin' on top of the food chain is chicken."
" I'm a mighty brown mantis with a three inches total body length."
Mantodea (or mantises, mantes) is an order of insects that contains over 2,400 valid species and about 430 genera in 15 families worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. Most of the species are in the family Mantidae.
The English common name for any species in the order is "praying mantis", because of the typical "prayer-like" posture with folded fore-limbs, although the eggcorn "preying mantis" is sometimes used in reference to their predatory habits. In Europe and other regions, the name "praying mantis" refers to only a single species, Mantis religiosa. The closest relatives of mantises are the termites and cockroaches (order Blattodea). They are sometimes confused with phasmids (stick/leaf insects) and other elongated insects such as grasshoppers and crickets.
Habitat:
It can be found in divers habitats from forest to cultivated farmlands and populated lands.
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