Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Brown Leaf Mantid 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
- Decimiana rehni
- Acromantis satsumensis
- Deroplatys desiccata
- Acromantis japonica
- Cilnia humeralis
- Paraoxypilus armatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Mantodea
- Family
- Chroicopteridae
- Genus
- Dystacta
- Species
- Dystacta alticeps
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