|
Burying Mantis. The spikes on front legs hold prey while it feeds
Photograph copyright: ozwildlife - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
|
Burying Mantis
Photograph copyright: ozwildlife - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
|
Mantis nymph
Photograph copyright: ozwildlife - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
|
|
|
BURYING MANTIS FACTS |
Identification
The Burying Mantis is a sturdy brown or greyish brown mantis. It has large brown eyes, and black and white spines on its front legs. Females dig a small hole in the ground, to lay their eggs - this is where the common name comes from.
Size
60mm
Habitat
usually hunts in low foliage near ground
Food
ambushes insects
Breeding
female lays eggs in hole in the ground
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Mantodea | | Family: | Mantidae | | Genus: | Sphodropoda | | Species: | tristis | | Common Name: | Burying Mantis |
|
|
