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Asian Jumping Mantis

Statilia maculata

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) varg052326, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.January 19, February 10, March 17, April 32, May 39, June 61, July 96, August 241, September 231, October 258, November 87, December 19.
China1,110
United States583
South Korea421
Japan278
Virginia267
Maryland213
Beijing Municipality182
Gyeonggi136
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region125
Shandong Province122

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • SymbioticLives in close mutualistic relationship with another organismFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderMantises · Mantodea
FamilyMantids · Mantidae
GenusStatilia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Asian Jumping Mantis with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.