#4165 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Chinese Mantis

Tenodera sinensis

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Steve Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Kenneth Lorenzen · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ryosuke Kuwahara · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © doug_e · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Eva · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Bucks County, PA, USA:© Bill Keim · CC BY 4.0
7. 309 Linden Ave, Rumson, NJ 07760, USA:© wsimmons · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 대한민국 충청남도 천안시 동남구:© onidiras-iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Ohio, US:© William Hull · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Jiangsu:© Elysia · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Chinese mantis ( Tenodera sinensis ) is a species of praying mantis native to Asia and the nearby islands. In 1896 this species was accidentally introduced by a nurseryman at Mt. Airy near Philadelphia, PA. Tenodera sinensis often is erroneously referred to as Tenodera aridifolia sinensis because it was at first described as a subspecies of Tenodera aridifolia , but Tenodera sinensis is now established as a full species.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 77,365iNaturalist observations

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.
77,365 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1871 (155 years ago).