Giant Asian mantis
The giant Asian mantis is one of the biggest praying mantises in the world. It can be green, yellow green, brown or reddish brown. It sits still in bushes and trees, waiting to grab a meal with its strong front legs.
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Fun facts
When it is scared, it rears up, spreads its wings and front legs and opens its mouth to look big.
It can jump about twice as far as its own body length.
Up to 150 babies hatch from one egg case, six to eight weeks after it is laid.
While it changes its skin, it stops eating and hides, because its new skin is still soft.
Sometimes a girl mantis eats the boy after they mate.
Most asked questions about Giant Asian mantis
?How big is the giant Asian mantis?
Grown-ups are about 7 to 9 centimetres long.
?Does the giant Asian mantis bite?
It is not venomous, but it may bite if you grab it, and that can hurt.
?What does the giant Asian mantis eat?
Insects, even big and dangerous ones like the giant Asian hornet.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Hierodula membranacea
- Group
- Mantises
- Family
- Mantidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Mantodea > Mantidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Hierodula membranacea (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Kristof Zyskowski. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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