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Session a esta bella empusa gigante que apareció una tarde en un granado de casa, su parte trasera se camuflaba como una hoja más, disfrutamos los 2 !!!
Had really fun with this giant empusa pennata that appeared in one of our pomegranate tree.
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Bien connue pour sa réputation de dévoreuse de mâle après l'accouplement...Elle se nourrit donc d’insectes divers tels que mouches, sauterelles, papillons, criquets, punaises, abeilles…
Mantis religiosa is the only member of the Mantidae family occurring in Central Europe. They are listed as "endangered" in Germany's Red List of Endangered Species and are under special protection! Females can reach a length of 80 mm, males can reach a length of 60 mm. Females are heavier and physically stronger, whereas males are more active and able to fly. They feed on grasshoppers, crickets and other insects.
Aquí os dejo otra más de esta serie, obtenida un día cualquiera de verano. Esta idílica escena no duro mucho, pues el macho acabo decapitado nunca había sido testigo de la agresividad de esta especie hasta ese día.
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ISO 200
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Hierodula is a genus of praying mantises found throughout Asia. Many species are referred to by the common name giant Asian mantis because of their large size.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Subfamily: Mantinae
Tribe: Paramantini
Genus: Hierodula
Burmeister, 1838
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Mantodea (or mantises, mantes) is an order of insects that contains over 2,400 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 the order is the mantises, or rarely (using a Latinized plural of Greek mantis), the mantes. The name mantid refers only to members of the family Mantidae, which was, historically, the only family in the Order, but with 14 additional families recognized in recent decades, this term can be confusing. The other common name, often applied to 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, however, 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, or other insects with raptorial forelegs such as mantisflies.
Lamnamkok NP, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Order : Mantodea
Family : Mantidae
Sub-Family : Mantinae
Genus : Hierodula
Species : Hierodula patellifera
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California mantis (Stagmomantis californica) visiting my vegetable garden in San Diego, California. This is a carnivorous insect, sitting on my cucumber plant is ~2" in length and smaller than the one I found several days ago on the tomatillo. California mantis are native to the warmer and dryer regions of the state.
Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 430 genera in 15 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all Mantodea have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, has led to the common name praying mantis.
The closest relatives of mantises are the termites and cockroaches (Blattodea), which are all within the superorder Dictyoptera. Mantises are sometimes confused with stick insects (Phasmatodea), other elongated insects such as grasshoppers (Orthoptera), or other insects with raptorial forelegs such as mantisflies (Mantispidae). Mantises are mostly ambush predators, but a few ground-dwelling species are found actively pursuing their prey. They normally live for about a year. In cooler climates, the adults lay eggs in autumn, then die. The eggs are protected by their hard capsules and hatch in the spring. Females sometimes practice sexual cannibalism, eating their mates after copulation.
Mantises were considered to have supernatural powers by early civilizations, including Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, and Assyria. A cultural trope popular in cartoons imagines the female mantis as a femme fatale. Mantises are among the insects most commonly kept as pets.
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Mantodea (or mantises, mantes) is an order of insects that contains over 2,400 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 the order is the mantises, or rarely (using a Latinized plural of Greek mantis), the mantes. The name mantid refers only to members of the family Mantidae, which was, historically, the only family in the Order, but with 14 additional families recognized in recent decades, this term can be confusing. The other common name, often applied to 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, however, 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, or other insects with raptorial forelegs such as mantisflies.
Praying Mantis (Mantidae family)
I went out to get the mail from our letter box this morning and spotted this Praying Mantis on the Pittosporum tree. It was slowly moving from leaf to leaf.
Una pequeña Mantis muy curiosa
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Spanish Name: Mantis o Santateresa
English Name: European Mantis or Praying mantis
Scientific Name: Mantis religiosa
Family: Mantidae
Order: Mantodea
Age: Young male
Location: Benicàssim
Province: Castelló de La Plana
Country: Spain
Continent: Europe
A cherry blossom is a flower of many trees of genus Prunus. The most well-known species is the Japanese cherry, Prunus serrulata, which is commonly called sakura. They are widely distributed, especially in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere including Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Mainland China, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Myanmar, Thailand and West Siberia. Along with the chrysanthemum, the cherry blossom is considered the national flower of Japan. Japan has a wide variety of cherry blossoms (sakura); well over 200 cultivars can be found there. All varieties of cherry blossom trees produce small, unpalatable fruit or edible cherries. Edible cherries generally come from cultivars of the related species Prunus avium and Prunus cerasus.
Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae (mantids). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all Mantodea have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, has led to the common name praying mantis. The closest relatives of mantises are termites and cockroaches (Blattodea), which are all within the superorder Dictyoptera. Mantises are sometimes confused with stick insects (Phasmatodea), other elongated insects such as grasshoppers (Orthoptera), or other unrelated insects with raptorial forelegs such as mantisflies (Mantispidae). Mantises are mostly ambush predators, but a few ground-dwelling species are found actively pursuing their prey. They normally live for about a year. In cooler climates, the adults lay eggs in autumn, then die. The eggs are protected by their hard capsules and hatch in the spring. Females sometimes practice sexual cannibalism, eating their mates after copulation. Mantises were considered to have supernatural powers by early civilizations, including Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, and Assyria. A cultural trope popular in cartoons imagines the female mantis as a femme fatale. Mantises are among the insects most commonly kept as pets. 66370
Just to give you an idea of the actual size of a tiny fledged nymph of the Praying Mantis, here's a photo of my finger in the small photo.
(Photo taken with Canon 90mm macro lens, hand held)
Praying Mantis nymph, (Mantis religiosa)_0149
Mantis religiosa is the only member of the Mantidae family occurring in Central Europe. They are listed as "endangered" in Germany's Red List of Endangered Species and are under special protection! Females can reach a length of 80 mm, males can reach a length of 60 mm. Females are heavier and physically stronger, whereas males are more active and able to fly. They feed on grasshoppers, crickets and other insects.
Ameles sp.
Entre las fotos de archivo aparece esta pequeña e interesante criatura. Creo que se trata de Ameles (Apterameles) decolor (Charpentier, 1825) y está citada en la península ibérica.
Este mántido enano no medía más de 3 cms. De ojos redondeados y cuerpo estirado. Se parece mucho a Ameles heldreichi pero desconozco si esta última se encuentra en España. Y no parece A. spallanziana de mayor tamaño y abdomen más abultado y respingón… pero todo podría ser.
Among the archive photos appears this interesting little creature. I think it is Ameles (Apterameles) decolor (Charpentier, 1825) and it is cited in the Iberian Peninsula.
This dwarf mantid was no more than 3 cm. With round eyes and a stretched body. It looks a lot like Ameles heldreichi but I don't know if the latter is found in Spain. And it doesn't look like A. spallanziana larger and with a more bulky and upturned abdomen... but it could be anything.
Parmi les photos d'archives figure cette intéressante petite créature. Je pense qu'il s'agit d'Ameles (Apterameles) decolor (Charpentier, 1825) et qu'il est cité dans la péninsule ibérique.
Cette mante naine ne mesurait pas plus de 3 cm. Avec des yeux ronds et un corps allongé. Il ressemble beaucoup à Ameles Heldreichi mais je ne sais pas si ce dernier se trouve en Espagne. Et ça ne ressemble pas à A. spallanziana plus grand et avec un abdomen plus volumineux et retroussé... mais ça pourrait être n'importe quoi.
I would not have discovered him, if I hadn't seen him flying and of course, the place where he landed!
Praying Mantis (Mantidae family)
A different angle on the obliging Mantis from last week.
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Spanish Name: Mantis o Santateresa
English Name: European Mantis or Praying mantis
Scientific Name: Mantis religiosa
Family: Mantidae
Order: Mantodea
Age: Young male
Location: Benicàssim
Province: Castelló de La Plana
Country: Spain
Continent: Europe
檔名File name： 大螳螂(綠色型)【MACRO0022】
名稱 Name： 大螳螂(枯葉大刀螳) / Mantids.
學名 Scientific Name： Tenodera aridifolia.
科名 Family：螳螂科(Mantidae)大刀螳屬(Tenodera).
圖像尺寸 picture size：6000x4000
拍攝地點 Location：
台灣 新北市 中和區 烘爐地
Honglushishan, Zhonghe District, New Taipei, TAIWAN
生態說明 Ecology Description:
台灣最大的螳螂~~大螳螂，俗名：(枯葉大刀螳)體色有綠色或褐色，頭部呈三角形，複眼大，咀嚼式口器，前腳發達鐮刀狀，下具鋸刺，習性凶猛，被獵捕的小蟲很難逃出牠的魔掌。普遍分布於平地至低海拔山區，白晝出現夜間也會趨光，夜晚眼睛會隨著光線改變成黑色，再暗的光線牠都能看得清楚。食物短缺時螳螂會自相殘殺，有些雌螳螂與雄螳螂交尾時，會吃掉雄螳螂的頭甚至全身以補充產卵所需的蛋白質。螳螂屬於螳螂目，是比較古老的昆蟲，其形態結構與四千萬年前化石螳螂幾乎相似。
烘爐塞山（Honglushishan），又名烘爐地山、南勢角山，俗名「烘爐地」，位於台灣新北市中和區與新店區的交界處，標高302公尺，為台灣小百岳之一。
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Ameles decolor ♂
J'étais partie à la recherche d'empuses, et je fis ce jour, une nouvelle découverte ! Pour la première fois, j'ai pu observer des mâles et femelles adultes, mais aussi des juvéniles. Deux générations se croisent, une belle découverte ! Quand la lumière baissait, je vis ce mâle volait maladroitement de plantes en plantes et, est venu un instant se poser sur les succulentes afin qu'il apprécie lui aussi ce soleil couchant.
Puis il s'envola à nouveau sur une autre plante afin d'y trouver meilleur refuge pour la nuit.
Female California mantis (Stagmomantis californica) visiting my vegetable garden in San Diego, California. This is a carnivorous insect, 2-3" in length that is native to the warmer and dryer regions of the state.
NB: not captive. Seen in a wild reserve close to where I live.
I believe this mantis is a female and perhaps pregnant. I see them at this time of year producing their ootheca (an egg mass). Her abdomen is swollen with her precious cargo.
Specifically, Pseudomantis albofimbriata.
60 mm length.
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