Bordered mantis
The bordered mantis is a praying mantis from North America. It is usually green or light brown, and the female's wing covers have a thin white edge, like a border. It holds its spiky front legs folded up as if it were praying, ready to grab a meal.
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Fun facts
The females are bigger and chunkier than the males, and they cannot fly.
The males are slim with long wings, and they often fly to bright lights at night.
It has a blue upper lip, which helps scientists tell it apart from its cousins.
It is the most common native mantis in the western United States.
The female's back wings are striped or checkered with yellow.
Most asked questions about Bordered mantis
?Is the bordered mantis dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people and helps by eating insects.
?How big is a bordered mantis?
Females grow to about 7.5 centimetres long and males to about 5 centimetres.
?Can the bordered mantis fly?
Only the males can fly. The females have wings that are too small.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Stagmomantis limbata
- Group
- Mantises
- Family
- Mantidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Mantodea > Mantidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Bosque mantis, Arizona mantis, New Mexico praying mantis
Where the facts come from
- Stagmomantis limbata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Skoch3. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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