Japanese boxer mantis
Acromantis japonica
The Japanese boxer mantis is a praying mantis from East Asia. Like all mantises it holds its spiky front legs folded up, ready to grab. It sits very still and waits for a bug to come close.
Lives in
Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It has no sting and is not dangerous to people.
What does it eat?
It catches insects with its spiky front legs, like other mantises.
How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Japanese boxer mantis about 1 km/h (0.62 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It lives in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China.
2
It was first described by the English scientist John Obadiah Westwood in 1889.
3
A mantis can turn its head to look over its shoulder, which most insects cannot do.
you asked
Most asked questions about Japanese boxer mantis
?Is the Japanese boxer mantis dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people.
?What does the Japanese boxer mantis eat?
Insects that it grabs with its spiky front legs.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Acromantis japonica
- Named by
- Westwood, 1889
- Group
- Mantises
- Family
- Hymenopodidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Mantodea > Hymenopodidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Acromantis japonica (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 Yasunori Koide. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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