Wide-armed Mantis

Cilnia humeralis · Order: Mantodea · Family: Miomantidae

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Wide-armed Mantis
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The wide-armed mantis is a stockily built praying mantis with very large forelegs. It is aggressive and highly cannibalistic. It is native to Africa.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

It has huge forelegs that give it a wide-armed appearance.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is a stockily built species.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in Africa and is aggressive and very cannibalistic.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is native to Africa.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Miomantidae)

South African MantisSouth African MantisMiomantis caffraEgyptian Praying MantisEgyptian Praying MantisMiomantis paykullii

Sources

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

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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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