Danuria thunbergi

Danuria thunbergi · Order: Mantodea · Family: Deroplatyidae

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Danuria thunbergi
Photo: Bernard DUPONT, CC BY-SA

The adult measures about 75 mm long. It occurs in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

The holotype is 75 mm (3 in) in length.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Danuria thunbergi photo 3
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Danuria thunbergi photo 5
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Same family (Deroplatyidae)

African Twig MantisAfrican Twig MantisPopa spurca

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danuria_thunbergi

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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