Wandering Violin Praying Mantis This has to be one of the strangest and bizarrely looking Mantids there is! This is the Wandering Violin Praying Mantis. They look very fragile due to their prothorax (neck), being very elongate and narrow. As it reaches the head, just above the arms, it widens slightly into a diamond shape. On the abdomen and walking legs too, lobes are present. Their colour varies between different shades of browns. The males are smaller and thinner than females. Males are 85mm where as females are 110mm in length. Males are capable of flight but females can not. They like to eat flying insect i.e. flies, moths, butterflies etc. They are native to southern India and Sri Lanka, and require very warm environments to survive. Wandering Violin Praying Mantis also known as the Indian Rose Mantis or the Ornate Mantis. Gongylus gongylodes spotted by Seema at Surya Refreshments, Panvel 16/Nov/2014
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:08:19 +0000
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