Current Status of Praying Mantises
Current Status of Praying Mantises Jan 2024
10,970 observations by 3,138 observers
97 species with 19,462 identifications by 966 identifiers
1,131 (10%) identified to Order rank.
2,026 (18%) identified to Family rank.
2,268 (21%) identified to Generic rank.
5,541 (51%) identified to Species.
Top Species:
1,545 Miomantis caffra South African Mantis
460 Polyspilota aeruginosa Flag Mantis
419 Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi Common Spiny Flower Mantis
409 Popa spurca African Stick Mantis
288 Sibylla pretiosa Cryptic Mantis
263 Harpagomantis tricolor African False Flower Mantis
224 Phyllocrania paradoxa Common Ghost Mantis
206 Empusa binotata Spotty Conehead Mantid
201 Sphodromantis gastrica Common Green Mantis
185 Dystacta alticeps Brown Leaf Mantid
121 Cilnia humeralis Wide-armed Mantis
120 Omomantis zebrata Zebra Mantis
107 Oxypilus capensis Cape Boxing Mantis
105 Tarachodes sanctus Holy Bark Mantid
81 Mantis religiosa European Praying Mantis
76 Hemiempusa capensis Giant Conehead Mantis
73 Hoplocorypha macra Large Stick Mantis
68 Tenodera superstitiosa Stick Mantis
63 Episcopomantis chalybea Doublecone Grass Mantis
45 Pyrgomantis rhodesica Grass Mantis
44 Ligariella trigonalis Common Ground Mantis
41 Paramantis sacra
39 Hoplocoryphella grandis Hammerhead Mantis
33 Idolomorpha dentifrons Ornate Conehead Mantis
32 Danuria thunbergi
31 Ischnomantis fatiloqua
31 Ligariella gracilis
27 Galinthias amoena Cone-eye Mantid
25 Oxypiloidea tridens Common Bark Mantid
Top Observers:
1 bushboy 227
2 colin25 227
3 cecileroux 206
4 moira_fitzpatrick 180
5 suncana 161
6 botswanabugs 155
7 magdastlucia 146
8 tonyrebelo 131
9 wolfachim 124
10 katebraunsd 113
Top Species Observers:
1 wolfachim 23
2 berniedup 21
3 spidermandan 17
4 suncana 17
5 dewald2 16
6 magdastlucia 16
7 botswanabugs 16
8 glennstockil 15
9 moira_fitzpatrick 15
10 tonyrebelo 15
11 cecileroux 14
12 ryanmtippett 14
13 pengyuan_ji 13
14 jaheymans 13
15 bushboy 13
16 robert_taylor 13
17 tiep68 11
18 felix_riegel 11
19 johanheyns 11
20 jaunnemarelize 11
21 wynand_uys 11
22 nicky 11
Top identifiers:
1 nysfour 1,648
2 rjpretor 1,243
3 colin25 1,181
4 traianbertau 994
5 pengyuan_ji 879
6 pengyuan999ji 875
7 mondodellemantidi 798
8 beetledude 738
9 chenhanlin 686
10 joseesgenial 635
11 thehelepolis 512
