Carolina mantis

Carolina mantis
Adult female
Adult male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Genus: Stagmomantis
Species:
S. carolina
Binomial name
Stagmomantis carolina
(Johansson, 1763)
Synonyms
List
  • Gryllus carolinus Johansson, 1763
  • Bactromantis parvula [?]
  • Stagmomantis americana (Taylor, 1862)
  • Stagmomantis baculina (Westwood, 1889)
  • Stagmomantis conspersa (Burmeister, 1838)
  • Stagmomantis cuticularis (Serville, 1839)
  • Stagmomantis dimidiata (Burmeister, 1838)
  • Stagmomantis ferox (Saussure, 1859)
  • Stagmomantis fuscata (Weber, 1801)
  • Stagmomantis inquinata (Serville, 1839)
  • Stagmomantis irrorata (Johansson, 1763)
  • Stagmomantis maculosa (Chopard, 1912)
  • Stagmomantis nordica (Giglio-Tos, 1917)
  • Stagmomantis parvula (Goeze, 1778)
  • Stagmomantis polita (Giglio-Tos, 1917)
  • Stagmomantis simplex (Giglio-Tos, 1917)
  • Mantis stolli (Saussure, 1869)
  • Stagmomantis thoracica (Rehn, 1911)
  • Stagmomantis virga (Scudder, 1896)
  • Mantis wheelerii (Thomas, 1875)

The Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) is a species of praying mantis of the subfamily Stagmomantinae.

Sexual cannibalism occurs in roughly one quarter of all intersexual encounters of this species, though specimens of this species will engage in cannibalism regardless of age or gender if the opportunity presents itself.

The Carolina mantis is the state insect of South Carolina. Oothecae can be purchased in garden supply centers as a means of biological control of pest insects.

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