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πŸ™ Mantises

Boxer Mantis

Otomantis scutigera

About

A small African mantis named for its habit of rapidly striking with its raptorial forelegs in a boxing-like manner. It has distinctive banded legs and a compact body.

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Did You Know?

Boxer mantises strike at prey with some of the fastest foreleg movements of any mantis species, snatching tiny fruit flies from the air with extraordinary precision.