Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Small-winged Gay's 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
- Stagmomantis gracilipes
- Stagmomantis clauseni
- Stagmomantis wheelerii
- Isomantis domingensis
- Austromantis albomarginata
- Coptopteryx argentina
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Mantodea
- Family
- Coptopterygidae
- Genus
- Coptopteryx
- Species
- Coptopteryx gayi
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