Giant Asian Mantis

Hierodula patellifera

Description:

The leaves of the Sesbania grandiflora, in our backyard, were being decimated by Pseudoxya diminuta nymphs, but this Giant Asian Mantis came along and fixed the problem by eating many of them.

Habitat:

Spotted in our backyard on a Swamp pea (Sesbania grandiflora) known in the Philippines as Katuray, Plant information from http://www.stuartxchange.org/Katurai.htm....... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesbania_g...