Insect Directory

4959 species across 37 orders

Mantodea Data Deficient

Madagascar Bark Mantis

Amorphoscelis madagassa

15-22 mm
Mantodea

Madagascar Stick Mantis

Idolomorpha madagascariensis

70-90 mm
Mantodea

Malabar Flower Mantis

Creobroter meleagris

25-35 mm
Mantodea

Malagasy Bark Mantis

Liturgusa malagassa

30-40 mm
Mantodea

Malagasy Ghost Mantis

Phyllocrania illudens

40-50 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Malayan Stick Mantis

Toxodera gracilis

60-85 mm
Mantodea

Malaysian Dead Leaf Mantis

Deroplatys lobata

60-80 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Malaysian Orchid Mantis

Helvia cardinalis

30-50 mm
Mantodea

Mediterranean Mantis

Iris oratoria

40-60 mm
Mantodea

Mega Mantis

Plistospilota guineensis

130-170mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Moroccan Desert Mantis

Eremiaphila moroccana

18-28 mm
Mantodea

Moss Mantis

Haania lobiceps

15-25 mm
Mantodea

Narrow-Winged Mantis

Tenodera angustipennis

65-95 mm
Mantodea Near Threatened

New Zealand Praying Mantis

Orthodera novaezealandiae

35-45 mm
Mantodea

Orchid Mantis

Hymenopus coronatus

25-70 mm
Mantodea

Pale Bark Mantis

Amorphoscelis pallida

15-25 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Pale Dead Leaf Mantis

Acanthops paraensis

35-45 mm
Mantodea

Peruvian Bark Mantis

Liturgusa manausensis

22-30 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Peruvian Leaf Mantis

Pseudacanthops lobipes

40-55mm
Mantodea

Philippine Flower Mantis

Creobroter nebulosa

25-35 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Philippine Stick Mantis

Toxodera philippina

70-90 mm
Mantodea

Praying Mantis

Mantis religiosa

60-75 mm
Mantodea

Purple-winged Mantis

Tenodera australasiae

70-95 mm
Mantodea

Roeder's Dead Leaf Mantis

Acanthops roederiana

35-50 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Rufous Bark Mantis

Amorphoscelis rufula

15-25 mm
Mantodea

Saharan Desert Mantis

Eremiaphila braueri

20-30 mm
Mantodea

Sinai Desert Mantis

Eremiaphila rotundipennis

18-28 mm
Mantodea

Small Desert Mantis

Eremiaphila typhon

15-25 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Somali Conehead Mantis

Empusa somalica

40-55 mm
Mantodea

South American Dead Leaf Mantis

Acanthops falcataria

40-55 mm
Mantodea

Spiny Dead Leaf Mantis

Acanthops tuberculata

35-50 mm
Mantodea

Spiny Flower Mantis

Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii

30-50 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Spotted Bark Mantis

Amorphoscelis guttata

18-25 mm
Mantodea

Springbok Mantis

Miomantis caffra

30-50mm
Mantodea

Sri Lankan Green Mantis

Hierodula patellifera

55-70 mm
Mantodea

Stick Mantis

Popa spurca

50-70 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Stripe-winged Bark Mantis

Liturgusa algorei

20-30 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Sulawesi Stick Mantis

Toxodera celebensis

65-90 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Sumatran Stick Mantis

Toxodera hauseri

65-90 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Tanzanian Conehead Mantis

Empusa conversii

45-60 mm
Mantodea

Tanzanian Flower Mantis

Pseudocreobotra gratiosus

25-35 mm
Mantodea

Tanzanian Ground Mantis

Galepsus sp.

25-35 mm
Mantodea

Tessellated Bark Mantis

Liturgusa tessellata

20-30 mm
Mantodea

Texas Unicorn Mantis

Phyllovates chlorophaea

50-70mm
Mantodea

Thistle Mantis

Blepharopsis mendica

45-60 mm
Mantodea

Tiger Bark Mantis

Amorphoscelis tigrina

18-28 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Trinidad Bark Mantis

Liturgusa trinidadensis

20-28 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Tunisian Desert Mantis

Eremiaphila berndstiewi

15-22 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Unicorn Mantis

Pseudovates peruviana

55-70mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Venezuelan Bark Mantis

Liturgusa fossetti

20-28 mm
Mantodea

Vietnamese Flower Mantis

Creobroter elongata

25-35 mm
Mantodea

Violin Mantis

Gongylus gongylodes

70-110 mm
Mantodea

Wahlberg Mantis

Polyspilota aeruginosa

60-80 mm
Mantodea

Wahlberg's Flower Mantis

Pseudocreobotra amarae

25-35 mm
Mantodea

Wandering Desert Mantis

Eremiaphila cerisyi

15-25 mm
Mantodea

Wandering Violin Mantis

Gongylus gongyloides

60-90 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Wide Dead Leaf Mantis

Acanthops platycephala

35-50 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Yemeni Conehead Mantis

Empusa mendicaria

45-60 mm
Mantodea Data Deficient

Yemeni Desert Mantis

Eremiaphila zetterstedti

15-25 mm
Mantophasmatodea Endangered

Austrophasma caledonense

Austrophasma caledonense

18-25 mm
Mantophasmatodea Data Deficient

Cederberg Heelwalker

Austrophasma cederbergense

15-22 mm
Mantophasmatodea Data Deficient

Gladiator Bug

Mantophasma zephyra

15-25 mm
Mantophasmatodea Endangered

Karoophasma biedouwense

Karoophasma biedouwense

15-20 mm
Mantophasmatodea Data Deficient

Tanzanian Heelwalker

Tanzaniophasma subsolana

15-20 mm
Mantophasmatodea Near Threatened

Tyrannophasma gladiator

Tyrannophasma gladiator

20-25 mm
Mecoptera

American Scorpionfly

Panorpa nuptialis

18-25 mm
Mecoptera

Australian Scorpionfly

Harpobittacus australis

18-22 mm
Mecoptera

Common Scorpionfly

Panorpa communis

9-15 mm body
Mecoptera Data Deficient

Earwig Scorpionfly

Merope tuber

10-12 mm
Mecoptera

Eastern Hanging Scorpionfly

Bittacus strigosus

20-28 mm wingspan
Mecoptera

European Hangingfly

Bittacus italicus

18-25 mm
Mecoptera

German Scorpionfly

Panorpa germanica

12-16 mm
Mecoptera

Japanese Scorpionfly

Panorpa japonica

13-18 mm
Mecoptera

North American Snow Scorpionfly

Boreus californicus

3-5 mm
Mecoptera

Northern Snow Scorpionfly

Boreus westwoodi

3-4 mm
Mecoptera

Pallid Emperor Scorpionfly

Panorpa pallida

15-25 mm wingspan
Mecoptera

Short-Faced Scorpionfly

Panorpodes paradoxus

10-14 mm
Mecoptera

Snow Scorpionfly

Boreus hyemalis

3-5 mm
Megaloptera

Australian Dobsonfly

Archichauliodes guttifer

40-60 mm body; 80-100 mm wingspan
Megaloptera

Australian Dobsonfly

Archichauliodes diversus

50-75 mm wingspan
Megaloptera Data Deficient

Chinese Dobsonfly

Acanthacorydalis orientalis

150-210 mm wingspan
Megaloptera

Chinese Dobsonfly

Neoneuromus ignobilis

40-60 mm body
Megaloptera

Common Alderfly

Sialis lutaria

12-16 mm
Megaloptera

Eastern Dobsonfly

Corydalus cornutus

40-55 mm body, 125 mm wingspan
Megaloptera Data Deficient

Giant Dobsonfly

Acanthacorydalis fruhstorferi

60-90 mm body, 210 mm wingspan
Megaloptera

Hellgrammite

Nigronia serricornis

40-60 mm wingspan
Megaloptera

Indian Dobsonfly

Neochauliodes sinensis

50-70 mm wingspan
Megaloptera Data Deficient

Indian Dobsonfly

Nevromus testaceus

35-50 mm wingspan
Megaloptera

Japanese Alderfly

Sialis japonica

15-25 mm wingspan
Megaloptera

Japanese Dobsonfly

Protohermes grandis

40-60 mm body length
Megaloptera

Large Alderfly

Sialis nigripes

15-20 mm
Megaloptera Data Deficient

Malagasy Dobsonfly

Neochauliodes madagascariensis

40-60 mm wingspan
Megaloptera

North American Alderfly

Sialis infumata

15-20 mm wingspan
Megaloptera

Smoky Alderfly

Sialis fuliginosa

12-16 mm
Megaloptera Data Deficient

South African Alderfly

Leptosialis africana

10-14 mm
Megaloptera

South African Dobsonfly

Taeniochauliodes ochraceus

25-40 mm body
Megaloptera Data Deficient

South American Dobsonfly

Chloronia hieroglyphica

60-90 mm wingspan
Megaloptera

Spring Fishfly

Chauliodes rastricornis

25-35 mm
Megaloptera

Summer Fishfly

Chauliodes pectinicornis

25-40 mm
Megaloptera

Western Dobsonfly

Neohermes californicus

50-70 mm wingspan