Deroplatys lobata, common name Southeast Asian dead leaf mantis or dead leaf mantis, is a species of praying mantis that inhabits Thailand, Java, Borneo, Indonesia, Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Southeast Asian 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 desiccata
- Acanthops falcataria
- Acanthops parafalcata
- Acanthops falcata
- Deroplatys truncata
- Antemna rapax
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Mantodea
- Family
- Deroplatyidae
- Genus
- Deroplatys
- Species
- Deroplatys lobata
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