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Tropidacris collaris
Tropidacris collaris
Euphrynichus bacillifer
Euphrynichus bacillifer
Leaf insects in this species resemble leaves in colour and shape.
Phyllium sp. female
Natural camouflage (like being a flower part)
Hymenopus coronatus (Olivier, 1792) - nymph
Carrying an eggsack
Damon medius (Herbst, 1797)
Phyllocrania paradoxa, common name ghost mantis. Natural camouflage (dry leaf).
Phyllocrania paradoxa (Burmeister, 1838)
Female
Hymenopus coronatus
Mantis, female
Natural camouflage (green leaf)
Deroplatys desiccata (Westwood, 1839). Natural camouflage (dry leaf).
Mantis' defense reaction is to play dead
Creobroter pictipennis, common name Indian flower mantis. Adult size 3-4 cm.
Creobroter pictipennis (Wood-Mason, 1878)
Male adult size - 3 cm
Hymenopus coronatus (Olivier, 1792) - male
Natural camouflage (green leaf).
Phyllium sp. male
Mantis nymphs’ newborns
Whip spiders (Amblypygi). Phrynus.
Damon medius
Female adult size - 6 cm
Hymenopus coronatus, female
Deroplatys desiccata, common name dead leaf mantis.
Deroplatys desiccata (Westwood, 1839) - female
Hymenopus coronatus, common name orchid mantis.
Hymenopus coronatus (Olivier, 1792) - nymph
Tropidacris collaris
Tropidacris collaris
Deroplatys desiccata (Westwood, 1839)
Mantis Deroplatys desiccata immediately after molting
Fertilized female on the left and male on the right
Damon medius (Herbst, 1797)
Whip spiders (Amblypygi)
Damon medius
Mating process
Hymenopus coronatus (Olivier, 1792)
Mantis' defense reaction is to make a stand
Deroplatys desiccata (Westwood, 1839)
Mantis, female
Natural camouflage (dry leaf)
Hymenopus coronatus, orchid mantis
Mantis' defense reaction is to play dead
Whip spiders (Amblypygi)
Damon medius
Whip spiders (Amblypygi)
Damon medius
Adult male
Phyllium sp., natural camouflage (green leaf)
Natural camouflage (green leaf)
Mantis, female
Deroplatys desiccata (Westwood, 1839)
Mantis' defense reaction is to make a stand
It is known by various common names including walking flower mantis and (pink) orchid mantis.
Hymenopus coronatus (Olivier, 1792) - nymph
Natural camouflage (dry leaf)
Mantis, female
African whip spiders. Damon medius, image.
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Feed for small spiders and arachnids
Phyllium species, adult body length 6 - 9 cm
Phyllium sp. adult female, natural camouflage (green leaf)
Hymenopus coronatus, common name orchid mantis.
Hymenopus coronatus, nymph
Damon medius
Whip spiders (Amblypygi)
Hymenopus coronatus (Olivier, 1792) - nymph
Hymenopus coronatus, orchid mantis
Orchid mantis is a mantis from the rainforests of southeast Asia.
Hymenopus coronatus
Carrying an eggsack
Damon medius (Herbst, 1797)
Female
Hymenopus coronatus, orchid mantis
Nymph
Hymenopus coronatus (Olivier, 1792)
Dead leaf mantis, male
Mantis Deroplatys desiccata immediately after molting
Nymph
Hymenopus coronatus, orchid mantis
Deroplatys desiccata (Westwood, 1839)
Dead leaf mantis immediately after molting
Orchid mantis, male
Hymenopus coronatus
Whip spiders (Amblypygi)
Damon medius
Male adult size - 3 cm
Hymenopus coronatus. male
Mantis, female
Sphodromantis sp. giant
Damon medius
African whip spiders
Deroplatys desiccata (Westwood, 1839) - male
Mantis Deroplatys desiccata immediately after molting
Whip spiders (Amblypygi)
African whip spiders. Damon medius
Sphodromantis gastrica (Stal, 1858), nymph
African whip spiders
Whip spiders (Amblypygi). Damon medius
Orchid mantis
Hymenopus coronatus, nymph
Damon medius (Herbst, 1797)
Damon medius (Herbst, 1797)
Female adult size 7 cm and more
Sphodromantis sp. giant
Natural camouflage (green leaf)
Sphodromantis sp. giant
Creobroter pictipennis (Wood-Mason, 1878)
Distribution: Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
Damon medius (Herbst, 1797)
Deroplatys desiccata, common name dead leaf mantis.
Mantis Deroplatys desiccata immediately after molting
Amblypygi is an ancient order of arachnid chelicerate arthropods also known as whip spiders and tailless whip scorpions.
Damon medius. Phrynus