Leaf mantis
This praying mantis looks just like a leaf and is perfectly camouflaged for life in the forest. It is part of Major Gay’s collection and was collected in Sumatra.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 81/2003/1239
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Arthropods
- Collection Area Region
- South-East Asia
- Collector Excavator
- Gay, Major Arthur Bertie (from the collection of)
- Common Name
- leaf mantis
- Simple Name
- insect: mantis
