Tenodera aridifolia, the Japanese giant mantis, is a species of mantis in the subfamily Tenoderinae. The Chinese mantis, T. sinensis, was once considered to be a subspecies of T. aridifolia, but the species can be distinguished by the shape of male genitalia.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Tenodera aridifolia being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Mantodea
- Family
- Mantidae
- Genus
- Tenodera
- Species
- Tenodera aridifolia
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