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Creobroter
Creobroter or flower mantises is a genus of mantis concentrated in Western Asia. The name comes from the Greek "kreas" (combining form "kreo-", meaning "flesh"), and "broter" (eating); therefore, "flesh-eating", an apt name for a predatory insect. Both sexes have long wings and are capable fliers. Full-grown males are about 3 to 4 cm in length, females about 4 to 5 cm.
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Jeweled Flower Mantis
speciesCreobroter gemmatus
Creobroter jiangxiensis
speciesCreobroter jiangxiensis
Indian Flower Mantis
speciesCreobroter pictipennis
Creobroter vitripennis
speciesCreobroter vitripennis
Creobroter apicalis
speciesCreobroter apicalis
Chinese Flower Mantis
speciesCreobroter nebulosa
Creobroter labuanae
speciesCreobroter labuanae
Philippine Flower Mantis
speciesCreobroter meleagris
Creobroter granulicollis
speciesCreobroter granulicollis
Creobroter episcopalis
speciesCreobroter episcopalis
Creobroter laevicollis
speciesCreobroter laevicollis
Creobroter celebensis
speciesCreobroter celebensis
Creobroter urbanus
speciesCreobroter urbanus
Creobroter sumatranus
speciesCreobroter sumatranus
Creobroter elongata
speciesCreobroter elongata
Creobroter fasciatus
speciesCreobroter fasciatus
Creobroter fuscoareatus
speciesCreobroter fuscoareatus
Creobroter insolitus
speciesCreobroter insolitus
Creobroter medanus
speciesCreobroter medanus
Creobroter signifer
speciesCreobroter signifer
Creobroter discifera
speciesCreobroter discifera
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 155472.