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October Praying mantises
Praying Mantises are an order of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae. Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks.
Eats: Insects, Beetles, True crickets, Blattodea, Lepidoptera
Scientific name: Mantodea
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea; Burmeister, 1838
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Location: Poachers cottage Malomirovo Bulgaria
Photographer: Dr Clifford Norton
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