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''Gongylus gongylodes'', also known as the wandering violin mantis, ornate mantis, or Indian rose mantis, is a species of
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File:Indian_rose_mantis.jpg, ''G. gongylodes''
File:Wandering Violin Mantis (Gongylus gongylodes).jpg, ''G. gongylodes''
File:Indian Rose Mantis (Gongylus gongylodes).jpg, ''G. gongylodes''
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File:Violin mantis Gongylus gongylodes vijayanrajapuram 5.jpg, Violin mantis at Madikai Ambalathukara, Kerala, India
File:Violin mantis Gongylus gongylodes vijayanrajapuram 1.jpg, Violin mantis
''Gongylus gongylodes'', also known as the wandering violin mantis, ornate mantis, or Indian rose mantis, is a species of praying mantis
Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They ha ...
in the family Empusidae
Empusidae is a family of plant-mimicking mantisesSvenson, Gavin J., et al. "Of flowers and twigs: phylogenetic revision of the plant‐mimicking praying mantises (Mantodea: Empusidae and Hymenopodidae) with a new suprageneric classification." Sys ...
. Characterized by extremely slender limbs with large appendages, it is not a particularly aggressive species and often kept as a pet
A pet, or companion animal, is an animal kept primarily for a person's company or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock, or a laboratory animal. Popular pets are often considered to have attractive appearances, intelligence, ...
. The mantis is especially known for swaying its body back and forth to imitate a stick flowing in the wind.
It primarily feeds on flying insect
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs ...
s. Its native range is in southern India and Sri Lanka. It can reach up to long. The males of the species are capable of flight. They are a communal species, in that they are able to live and breed in large groups, without unnecessary cannibalism.
Adult females are about 10cm (3 in) and adult males are about 9 cm.
Its specific name Specific name may refer to:
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''gongylodes'' means "roundish" in Greek, from the same word as its generic epithet
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''Gongylus
''Gongylus'' is a genus of praying mantises in the family Empusidae. Characterized by extremely slender limbs with large appendages, at least one species (''Gongylus gongylodes'') is kept as a pet by hobbyists. Males of the species are capable o ...
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Range
They are found in India,Java
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, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.Texas A&M University/ref>
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* Empusidae Mantodea of Asia Insects of India Insects of Sri Lanka Insects described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Mantodea-stub