#4151 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
European Dwarf Mantis
🇳🇱 Dwergbidsprinkhaan ·Ameles spallanzania
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Rinaldo R · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © faluke · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. © Rinaldo R · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © rbeunen · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 8. © Werner · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 9. © Associação Vita Nativa · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Ameles spallanzania , common name European dwarf mantis , is a species of praying mantis belonging to the genus Ameles .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,742 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Pietro Rossi in 1792 (234 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- European Dwarf Mantis
- Nederlands
- Dwergbidsprinkhaan
- scientific name
- Ameles spallanzania
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Mantodea
- family
- Amelidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 4,717
- sightings worldwide
- 5,742
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1792 by Pietro Rossi
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 430051, Wikidata Q1282221, GBIF 5048707, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.