Hierodula patellifera

Giant Asian mantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Mantidae
Genus:	Hierodula
Species:	H. patellifera
Binomial name
Hierodula patellifera Serville, 1839

Hierodula patellifera, common name giant Asian mantis, Asian mantis or Indochina mantis, is a species of praying mantis belonging to genus Hierodula.

Male: 45~65 mm long, females: 65~75 mm long. Can be green or brown in color.

They are found in Malaysia, Hawaii, India,Java, Korean Peninsula, Philippines, New Guinea, Southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, West Sumba,Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa,

H. patellifera lives in trees and in grasslands at the edges of forests.

Underside of adult female Hierodula patellifera Osaka-ful, Japan

Ootheca of Hierodula patellifera

Hierodula patellifera laying ootheca

Hierodula patellifera preying on Cicada

Hierodula patellifera filmed in Tokyo, Japan

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