Deroplatys desiccata, known by the common name giant dead leaf mantis, is a praying mantis from Southeast Asia. This is the type species of genus Deroplatys.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Giant Dead Leaf 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
- Deroplatys lobata
- Acanthops falcataria
- Deroplatys truncata
- Acanthops falcata
- Acanthops parafalcata
- Dystacta alticeps
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Mantodea
- Family
- Deroplatyidae
- Genus
- Deroplatys
- Species
- Deroplatys desiccata
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