Asian flower mantis

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Asian flower mantis
Asiatic flower mantis (Creobroter gemmatus), female

Asiatic flower mantis (Creobroter gemmatus), female

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Mantis (Mantodea)
Family : Hymenopodidae
Subfamily : Hymenopodinae
Genre : Creobroter
Type : Asian flower mantis
Scientific name
Creobroter gemmatus
Stoll , 1813

The creobroter gemmatus or Perlenmantis ( Creobroter gemmatus ) is a native to South, East and East Asia Mantis from the family of Hymenopodidae .

features

male

The males of the Asian flower mantis reach a length of 3.8 cm. Females grow larger than males by over 4 cm. The adult animals are noticeable for their striking, brightly colored wings. While the body of the flower mantis, depending on the habitat of the respective population, is light green to dark green, sometimes also yellow-green, and the wing valves have an oval yellow pattern, the wings are colored pink. The wings cannot be seen in a lurking position, so that the flower mantis is well camouflaged in its preferred environment, moist grass and bush landscapes and bamboo forests. With outstretched or splayed wings, however, it looks like a flower. It is assumed that this is a form of Peckham's mimicry and that the flower mantis thus attracts prey that are attracted by the shape and color of the flower shape. The Asian flower mantis, like many mantis, also has false eyespots on the back wings and on the inside of the tentacles, which are used to make threatening gestures.

Occurrence

The Asian flower mantis is particularly common in Vietnam and Indonesia . Their preferred habitat are shrubs, grasses and flowering plants in rainforests.

Way of life

Similar to many other mantis, the Asian flower mantis is a diurnal ambulance hunter, which behaves motionless for most of the time and defends itself with a threatening gesture and, if necessary, with the thorny tentacles or bites. In their habitat, the fishing insect lurks for prey of suitable size, preferably other arthropods .

Reproduction

The male reaches sexual maturity after the seventh molt, the female after the eighth molt. Sexual maturity occurs after one week for the male and two weeks after for the female. The female lures the male into the distance with pheromones. The subsequent pairing takes up to eight hours. As with other species of mantis, cannibalism is widespread in the Asian flower mantis and the females often consume the males after or during mating. Then the mated female lays up to eight oothecae . These are flat in shape, brown in color and up to six inches long. Up to 90 young animals hatch from an oothe about four to eight weeks after being laid. The males have a lifespan of one, the females one and a half years.

Terrariums

Due to its visual appearance and its ease of care, the Asian flower mantis is one of the more frequently kept fishing horrors.

gallery

  • Top view of a female

  • Frontal view of a female

  • Lateral view of a female

  • Detail of a female

  • Underside of the prepared animal

  • Top view of a male

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tree of Life
  2. ↑ a b c husbandry report of the Asian flower mantis on M&M Wüst ( Link )
  3. ↑ Mathias Schneider: Insects in the terrarium. Praying mantises, stick insects & Co. Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos), 2012, ISBN 978-3-440-12272-3 , p. 31.

Web links

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