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South African Mantis
Miomantis caffra
Miomantis caffra (common name: Springbok Mantis)is a species of praying mantis native to Southern Africa. It was discovered to have spread to New Zealand in 1978, and was found in Portugal more recently, likely spread through the exotic pet trade. Females are facultative parthenogens and unmated females can produce viable offspring....
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 207583.