Mantis (Euchomenella heteroptera).
| Taxonomy: |
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| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Sub-Phylum: |
Tracheata |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Sub-Class: |
Pterygota |
| Super-Order: |
Dictyoptera |
| Order: |
Mantodea |
| Sub-Order: |
- |
| Family: |
Mantidae |
| Sub-Family: |
Angelinae |
| Tribe: |
Angelini |
| Genus: |
Euchomenella |
| Species: |
heteroptera |
| Year: |
1842 |
| Distribution: |
Malay Peninsula, N-Sulawesi, S-Java, Borneo,
Pilippines, Sumatra. |
Adults look like a thin stick. Oothecas are reddish-brown,
with some white spots.
Females: when adults, have tiny wings (the
smallest i have ever seeing), with very long thorax.
Males: are greenish-brown as adults, with
very long thorax.
Diet: Diurnal insects, Drosophila, houseflies,
crickets, flour worms, caterpillars, butterflies,
bees. The feed must be very diversified. To the
newly hatched larvae must be promptly offered Drosophila
flies.
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