🦗European mantis

Mantis religiosa (Linne, 1758)

薄翅螳（學名：Mantis religiosa，又稱歐洲螳螂）是螳螂科的一種大型半變態昆蟲，也是螳螂目中最大的科。牠們的俗名「祈禱螳螂」源於其前腿的獨特姿勢，看起來像是在祈禱。無論雄性還是雌性，牠們都有細長的身體和兩對翅膀。所有螳螂目昆蟲的最顯著特徵是非常靈活的三角形頭部，具有大複眼和高度改造的前腿（捕捉腿），非常適合捕捉和固定快速移動或飛行的獵物。在德國，根據1998年的評估，薄翅螳被列為瀕危物種，不應被捕捉或飼養作為寵物。全球範圍內，根據國際自然保護聯盟的評估，其保護狀況為無危。

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Also called

praying mantis, European Mantid

Conservation status

LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendUnknown

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Body mass: not recorded
Body length: not recorded
Shoulder height: not recorded
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: not recorded

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kingdomMetazoa
phylumArthropoda
subphylumHexapoda
classInsects · Insecta
subclassPterygota
genusDictyoptera
orderMantodea
genusMantis

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kudlanka nábožná (cs), 薄翅螳 (zh), pregadeu (ca), Europäische Gottesanbeterin (de), Mantis religiosa (es), Mante religieuse (fr) … and 23 more languages

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