Dot-Winged Mantis

Iris polystictica · Order: Mantodea · Family: Eremiaphilidae

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Dot-Winged Mantis
Photo: Brunei, CC BY-SA

The dot-winged mantis grows to about 28 to 49 mm long. In Russia it is the only Iris mantis species.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Length ranges from roughly 28 mm to 49 mm.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

It is the sole Iris-genus mantis occurring in Russia.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Dot-Winged Mantis photo 3
Photo: Evgenii Iaitskii, CC BY
Dot-Winged Mantis photo 4
Photo: Roman, CC BY
Dot-Winged Mantis photo 5
Photo: Roman, CC BY

Same family (Eremiaphilidae)

Mediterranean MantisMediterranean MantisIris oratoria

Sources

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

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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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