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Transcaucasian Giant Mantis

Hierodula transcaucasica

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

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Italy.January 24, February 41, March 55, April 34, May 54, June 150, July 239, August 377, September 334, October 305, November 67, December 33.
Italy1,713
Russia1,347
Greece1,156
Ukraine1,135
Nord-Ovest1,098
Krasnodar Krai893
Romania694
Nord-Est558
Autonomous Republic of Crimea502
Bulgaria409

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
GenusGiant Asian Mantises · Hierodula

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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