Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Thorny-armed 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
- Oxyopsis rubicunda
- Stagmomantis montana
- Cardioptera brachyptera
- Hierodula membranacea
- Stagmatoptera femoralis
- Parastagmatoptera theresopolitana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Mantodea
- Family
- Mantidae
- Genus
- Stagmomantis
- Species
- Stagmomantis theophila
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