Hierodula patellifera, commonly known as giant Asian mantis, Asian mantis, or Indochina mantis, is a species of praying mantis in the family Mantidae. They are found in Malaysia, Hawaii, India, Nepal, Italy (San Paolo Solbrito), Indonesia (Java, West Sumba,), Korean Peninsula, Philippines, New Guinea, southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa). H. patellifera lives in trees and in grasslands at the edges of forests.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Giant Asian Mantis 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.
Easily confused with
- Hierodula bhamoana
- Hierodula tenuidentata
- Hierodula transcaucasica
- Hierodula latipennis
- Hierodula maculata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Mantodea
- Family
- Mantidae
- Genus
- Hierodula
- Species
- Hierodula patellifera
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