Tuesday 10 September 2024

Juvenile Giant Asian Mantis

Giant Asian Mantis (Hierodula patellifera, 广斧螳).

A juvenile mantis (it was only 3cm in length, though awkward to measure on account of the upright position of its abdomen and its unwillingness to stay still), slowly strolling across the road and shaking like a wind-blown leaf.

Juvenile Giant Asian Mantis in Changsha