Mediterranean Conehead Mantis
Empusa pennata
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Insects
Empusa pennata, or the conehead mantis, is a species of praying mantis in genus Empusa native to the Mediterranean Region. It can be found in Portugal, Spain, southern France, Italy and on the mediterranean coasts of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Turkey and Egypt. Because of its cryptic nature, or also possibly because of its fragmented, low-density populations, it is rarely encountered in the wild.
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Mantodea
- Family
- Empusidae
- Genus
- Empusa