File:Flower mantis (Creobroter sp.) from W-Java ♀.jpg

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Flower mantis show an aggressive form of mimicry (Peckhamsche mimicry), as flower-visiting insects take them for flowers [1]. L.: ~4-5cm (female)

Genus: Creobroter SERVILLE, 1839 [2], (Flower mantis, Blütenmantis) Tribus: Hymenopodini Subfamily: Hymenopodinae Family: Hymenopodidae Order: Mantodea (Fangschrecken)

Indonesia, W-Java, Tangerang: vic. Serpong (Kampung), 50m asl., 26.10.2010

[1] <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fangschrecken" rel="nofollow">de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fangschrecken</a> [2] <a href="http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Mantodea/Family/Hymenopodidae.txt" rel="nofollow">insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/In...</a> _________________________________________________________________________

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