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| Name | latin |
Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii |
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Flower Mantis |
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| | IGM-Number | 49 |
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| | Systematics | Super-Order |
Dictyoptera |
| Order |
Mantodea |
| Family |
Hymenopodidae |
| Subfamily |
Hymenopodinae |
| Tribe |
Hymenopodini |
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| | First Description | Author |
STÅL |
| Year |
1871 |
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| Size
Quotation of Size
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The given size is measured from the head to the end of the abdomen, without the wings.
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| Male |
ca. 3cm |
| Female |
ca. 4cm |
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| Lifespan
Quotation of the Lifespan
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The lifespan is given in month and has the following definition:
overall-age ("time between hatching and imago" + "lifespan after the last molting")
Example: 9 (2 + 7) month lifespan
overall-age = 9 month
time between hatching and imago = 2 month
lifespan after the last molting = 7 month
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| Male |
ca. 6,5 (2,5 + 4) months / ~ 6 moltings |
| Female |
ca. 10 (3 + 7) months / ~ 7 moltings |
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| Sexing
Sexing
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Morphologically differences between male and female.
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| Male |
6 appendages at the abdomen, all the same size
adult: more slim than females, wings longer than the abdomen, good flyes |
| Female |
5 appendages at the abdomen, the first (in front) one is the smallest, the last (at the end) the largest
adult: more compact than males, wings longer than the abdomen, but the abdomen is more wide than the wings, able to short flying jumps |
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| | | | | Spreading | East and South Africa |
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| | Habitat | bushes and shrubbes, flowers
inhabits damp areas |
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| | Aggressiveness | medium- high (especially females) |
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| | Colorvariants | just older nymphs, beige, lightgreen |
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| | Hint | Adults of both sexes flap its wings lasting several minutes without flying. The function of this behaviour is not clarified (pheromone spreading?).
avoid stagnant moisture |
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