Mantodea Collection

Mantis Watercolour
Illustration from the Thomas Hardwicke Collection; 1819

Odontodactylus scyallarus, mantis shrimp

Creobroter meleagris, flower praying mantis
Flower praying mantises come from Africa and the Far East. They so closely mimic flowers that insects often land on them to collect nectar

Stagmatoptera precaria, mantid
Life cycle of the mantid (Stagmatoptera precaria). Reproduced as an engraving after the orginal watercolour from as Plate 66 Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)

Tendera aridfolia, Chinese praying mantis
A close-up side view of the predatory insect, the Chinese Praying Mantis (Tendera aridfolia). Specimen from the Natural History Museum

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