Acanthops falcataria, common name South American dead leaf mantis, is a species of mantis in the family Acanthopidae. It is not to be confused with Acanthops falcata, a different species in the same genus that is often referred to with the same common name.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of South American 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
- Acanthops falcata
- Acanthops parafalcata
- Decimiana rehni
- Deroplatys lobata
- Deroplatys desiccata
- Phyllocrania paradoxa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Mantodea
- Family
- Acanthopidae
- Genus
- Acanthops
- Species
- Acanthops falcataria
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