Creobroter pictipennis, with the common name Indian flower mantis, is a species of praying mantis native to Asia.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Indian Flower 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
- Creobroter gemmatus
- Creobroter vitripennis
- Creobroter jiangxiensis
- Callibia diana
- Harpagomantis tricolor
- Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Mantodea
- Family
- Hymenopodidae
- Genus
- Creobroter
- Species
- Creobroter pictipennis
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