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| Mantis | ||
Real life  A praying mantis in real life | ||
| Animal Name | Mantis | |
| Other Names | Praying mantis | |
| Origin | All continents except Antarctica | |
| Related Species | locust, cicada | |
| Characters | Mantis (Kung Fu Panda), Monster Girls:Mantis | |
| Works | Kung Fu Panda | |
| Species Info | ||
| Domain | Eukaryota | |
| Kingdom | Animalia | |
| Subkingdom | Eumetazoa | |
| Clade | Protostomia | |
| Superphylum | Ecdysozoa | |
| Phylum | Arthropoda | |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda | |
| Class | Insecta | |
| Subclass | Pterygota | |
| Infraclass | Neoptera | |
| Superorder | Reticoptera (Orthoptera) | |
| Order | Mantis | |
Mantis are a large group of animals in the Mantis order.
Also known as "knife beetle" and so on.
In ACGN works, praying mantis and images based on praying mantis appear from time to time.
Introduction
Mantis
Praying mantis is a collective name for the order Mantises in the order Hexapoda. Praying mantis is a huge group, and there are about 2000 species of praying mantis known all over the world. Their body shape, color, and life habits are different.
Praying mantises are solitary animals. Generally speaking, two praying mantises are more likely to meet, fight or run away. The body colors of mantises are green, brown, pink, etc., which are related to the living environment, and most of them have mimetic behavior; their head is triangular, and the neck can be rotated 180 degrees; a pair of forelimbs of mantises are thick and have serrated spikes. A weapon for preying and defending against the enemy.
Most mantises are carnivores, mainly preying on various insects (such as locusts, cicadas, flies, mosquitoes, butterflies), spiders, etc., and some species will prey on small vertebrates, such as small lizards, frogs, mice, etc. Praying mantises also have a famous habit, that is, after the male and female mantises mate, if the female mantis is hungry, the female mantis will eat the male.
Mantises are widely distributed on all continents except Antarctica, inhabiting various areas such as mountains, plains, forests, and fields.
Mantises and humans
- Mantises will prey on some insects that are harmful to human crops, vegetables, and ornamental plants, so they are beneficial insects for humans.
- In traditional Chinese medicine, mantises can be used as medicine for detoxification and swelling, treatment of bloated hemorrhoids, convulsions, athlete's foot and so on.
- Some humans keep praying mantises as pets. Fighting Mantis is also a fighting bug game.
- Humans in some areas eat mantises. However, mantises are prone to parasites (such as iron nematodes), and care must be taken to avoid infecting parasitic diseases.
- In ancient Greece, praying mantises were regarded as prophets because they held their forelimbs in front of their chests as if they were praying.
Mantises in ACG
Biological
- Ys series: Pictimos, the mantis BOSS from Ys I and Ys Origin.
Anthropomorphic
- Kung Fu Panda: Mantis
- World of Warcraft: The Mantids, an intelligent race (Grand Empress Shek'zeer, Imperial Vizier Zor'lok).
- Funamusea: Odea is a mantis.
Mantis-themed things in ACG
- Marvel Comics: The superheroine Mantis.
- League of Legends: Kha'Zix the Voidreaver is nicknamed a "mantis" because of his resemblance to one.
- Metal Gear: In the original Metal Gear Solid and Twin Snakes, there is a boss called "Psycho Mantis".
- A Certain Scientific Railgun: Yoshio Baba used a giant robotic mantis to deal with Railgun (who he mistakenly thought was a clone), but Railgun killed the robot mantis in one shot.
- Monster Hunter: The beetle monster Ahtal-Ka was designed after the praying mantis.
- Pokémon: The seventh generation Pokémon Lurantis is based on a mantis.
- Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Flying Mantis and Kamakiriman cards are themed after the mantis.
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