species 13,504 observations

Mediterranean Mantis

Iris oratoria

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Iris oratoria, known by the common name Mediterranean mantis (or less frequently iris mantis), due to humans first studying it in lands around the Mediterranean Sea, is a species of praying mantis. Its range is expanding in the Middle East, Western Asia and the United States.

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United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided