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2. Northern Praying Mantis - Wikipedia

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   e. Northern Praying Mantis (Chinese: 螳螂拳; pinyin: tánglángquán; lit. 'praying mantis fist') is a style of Chinese martial arts, sometimes called Shandong Praying Mantis after its province of origin. According to common folk stories, it was created by Wang Lang (王朗) and was named after the praying mantis, an insect, the ...

3. Chordodes formosanus - Wikipedia

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   Chiu, Huang, Wu, and Shiao, 2011. Chordodes formosanus is a horsehair worm that has the praying mantis as its definitive host. Horsehair worms are obligate parasites that pass through different hosts at various stages. These worms can grow up to 90 cm long and can be extremely dangerous for their host, especially the praying mantis. [ 1][ 2]

4. Choeradodis stalii - Wikipedia

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   Wood-Mason, 1880. Choeradodis stalii is a species of praying mantis with common names that include tropical shield mantis, hooded mantis, and leaf mantis. [1] [2] It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, and Peru. [3] As described by one insect - breeding hobbyist, this species: ...is one of the most impressive of all mimic species.

5. Mantis - Wikipedia

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   The other common name, praying mantis, applied to any species in the order [8] (though in Europe mainly to Mantis religiosa), comes from the typical "prayer-like" posture with folded forelimbs. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The vernacular plural "mantises" (used in this article) was confined largely to the US, with "mantids" predominantly used as the plural in ...

6. Choeradodis rhombicollis - Wikipedia

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   Choeradodis servillei Wood-Mason, 1880. Mantis rhombicollis (Latreille 1833) Choeradodis rhombicollis, or Peruvian shield mantis, [ 1] is a species of praying mantis native to North America, Central America, and South America. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and ...

7. Creobroter pictipennis - Wikipedia

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   Genus: Creobroter. Species: C. pictipennis. Binomial name. Creobroter pictipennis. Wood-Mason, 1878. Creobroter pictipennis, with the common name Indian flower mantis, is a species of praying mantis native to Asia. Males grow to about 1.5 in long (3.8 cm) and females are slightly larger.

8. Blepharopsis - Wikipedia

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   Mantis mendica Fabricius, 1775[1] Blepharopsis mendica is a species of praying mantis found in North Africa, parts of the Mediterranean, Middle East and southern Asia, and on the Canary Islands, and the sole member of the genus Blepharopsis. Egyptian flower mantis, thistle mantis, and Arab mantis are among its common names. [2][3][4]

9. Orthodera novaezealandiae - Wikipedia

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   Orthodera. Species: O. novaezealandiae. Binomial name. Orthodera novaezealandiae. ( Colenso, 1882) Orthodera novaezealandiae, ( Māori: whe) [ 1] known as the New Zealand mantis or New Zealand praying mantis, is a species of praying mantis which is, as both the scientific name and common names suggest, indigenous and endemic to New Zealand. [ 2 ...