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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Mantises
  6. Eremiaphilidae
  7. Iris Mantises
  8. Mediterranean Mantis
  9. Supported by
  10. Nectar plants

Nectar plants for Mediterranean Mantis

12 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.

  • Creosote Bush Larrea tridentata 5 records
  • Brittlebush Encelia farinosa 3 records
  • Desert Lavender Condea emoryi 2 records
  • Alkali Goldenbush Isocoma acradenia 2 records
  • California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum 1 record
  • Seep Monkeyflower Erythranthe guttata 1 record
  • Apricot Globemallow Sphaeralcea ambigua 1 record
  • White Sage Salvia apiana 1 record
  • Desert Broom Baccharis sarothroides 1 record
  • Spanish Clover Acmispon americanus 1 record
  • Coyote Melon Cucurbita palmata 1 record
  • Desert Wild Grape Vitis girdiana keystone 1 record

Not native to the US

6 plants, most recorded first.

  • Peacock Flower Caesalpinia pulcherrima 3 records · introduced
  • Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola 2 records · introduced
  • Oleander Nerium oleander 1 record · introduced
  • Tree Tobacco Nicotiana glauca 1 record · introduced
  • Maize Zea mays 1 record · introduced
  • Bottle Palm Hyophorbe lagenicaulis 1 record · introduced

Nativity unknown

5 recorded only to genus or family, or with no nativity on record.

  • False Yellowhead Dittrichia viscosa 2 records
  • Field Eryngo Eryngium campestre 1 record
  • Trumpetbush Tecoma 1 record · genus
  • Century Plants Agave 1 record · genus
  • Desert Marigolds Baileya 1 record · genus

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