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An adult female H. coronatus on and mimicking a Phalaenopsis orchid. Hugh Cott referenced an early-20th-century account by Nelson Annandale of Hymenopus coronatus, in which he details how the mantis hunts on the flowers of the "Straits rhododendron" (Melastoma polyanthum). The nymph has, what Cott calls, "special alluring coloration", where the ...
The flower mantises include the orchid mantis, Hymenopus coronatus, which mimics a rainforest orchid of southeast Asia to lure its prey, pollinator insects. [1]Flower mantises are praying mantises that use a special form of camouflage referred to as aggressive mimicry, which they not only use to attract prey, but avoid predators as well.
Hymenopus [1] is a genus of flower mantises belonging to the family Hymenopodidae. ... Hymenopus coronatus (Olivier, 1792) - Southeast Asian orchid mantis; References
Hymenopodidae is a family of the order Mantodea (mantises), which contains six subfamilies.Some of the species in this family mimic flowers and are found camouflaged among them; these are called flower mantises.
Hymenopus is a genus of plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae, native to Central and South America. Taxonomy. Species in Hymenopus were formerly placed in the genus ...
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Mantises can eat vertebrates larger than themselves, including lizards, birds, frogs, turtles, and mice. not supported by the quoted source. -- Esculapio ( talk ) 14:07, 7 April 2020 (UTC) [ reply ]
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