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| Name | latin |
Ambivia undata |
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Asian twig-mantis |
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| | IGM-Number | 84 |
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| | Systematics | Super-Order |
Dictyoptera |
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Mantodea |
| Family |
Mantidae |
| Subfamily |
Vatinae |
| Tribe |
Danuriini |
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| | First Description | Author |
FABRICIUS |
| Year |
1793 |
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| Size
Quotation of Size
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The given size is measured from the head to the end of the abdomen, without the wings.
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| Male |
4cm - 5cm |
| Female |
5cm - 6cm |
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| Lifespan
Quotation of the Lifespan
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The lifespan is given in month and has the following definition:
overall-age ("time between hatching and imago" + "lifespan after the last molting")
Example: 9 (2 + 7) month lifespan
overall-age = 9 month
time between hatching and imago = 2 month
lifespan after the last molting = 7 month
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| Male |
6 (4 + 2) months / ~ 7 moltings |
| Female |
10 ( 5 + 5) month / ~ 8 moltings |
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| Sexing
Sexing
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Morphologically differences between male and female.
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| Male |
L5 and above: essentually thinner than females, 8 abdominal plates
adult: volant, thinner than females, wings longer than the abdomen, 8 abdominal plates, long antennas |
| Female |
L5: more compact than males, 6 abdominal plates
adult: nonvolant, more compact than males, 6 abdominal plates, short antennas |
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| | | | | Spreading | Thailand, Malaysia, North-Vietnam, Myanmar |
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| Asia |
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| | Habitat | bushes and shrubbes |
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| | Aggressiveness | middle to high |
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| | Colorvariants | none |
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| | Hint | In case of danger, they spread their arms far away from their body and remain in their canouflage-behavior motionless. |
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