Phyllocrania paradoxa, common name ghost mantis, is a small species of mantis from Africa remarkable for its leaf-like body. It is one of the three species in the genus Phyllocrania, known for its distinct and exclusive camouflaged appearance of a dry, weathered leaf.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Common Ghost 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
- Acanthops falcata
- Acanthops parafalcata
- Acanthops falcataria
- Extatosoma tiaratum
- Deroplatys lobata
- Pulchriphyllium anangu
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Mantodea
- Family
- Hymenopodidae
- Genus
- Phyllocrania
- Species
- Phyllocrania paradoxa
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