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Boxer mantis

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Boxer mantis is a common name given to various species of praying mantis. The name comes from the way these mantises move their oversized grasping forelimbs as they communicate with each other.

Communication

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When boxer mantises encounter one another, they rapidly tremble their forelimbs, displaying the patterned interior faces to each other and waving them in slow arcs. This is believed to be a way of preventing member of the same species from eating each other.[1]

Species

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Alien Insect: Praying Mantis, 2004, by Discovery Channel.
  2. ^ Thailand Boxer Praying Mantis - Acromantis gestri
  3. ^ "List on mantises and common names". Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  4. ^ "Synonym Oxypilus (Oxypilus) distinctus Beier, 1930: Mantodea Species File".
  5. ^ "Oxypilus distinctus". Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-07-29.