Chinese mantis
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Chinese mantis | image = Chinese-mantis-bee.JPG | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Chinese mantis eating a bumblebee | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Mantodea | familia = Mantidae | genus = Tenodera | species = T. aridifolia | subspecies = T. a. sinensis | trinomial = Tenodera aridifolia sinensis | trinomial_authority = Saussure, 1871 }}
The Chinese mantis (Tenodera aridifolia sinensis) is a species of mantis. Originating from China, they were first introduced to North America around 1895 as a source of pest control. The Chinese mantis looks like a long and slender praying mantis, with different shades of brown. The adult has a green lateral line down its wing. It is typically larger than most other mantises, growing up to 15 cm (6 inches) in length.
Their diet consists of caterpillars, butterflies, wasps, bees, crickets and moths. Like other mantids, they are known to be cannibalistic.
 Young Chinese mantis on a baby's hand |
 Female Chinese mantis |