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Bush mantis

Sphodromantis viridis Forskål, 1775

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The bush mantis (Sphodromantis viridis) is a species in the family Mantidae, order Mantodea.

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Quick facts about the bush mantis

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bush mantis live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bush mantis as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Cyprus

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the bush mantis endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bush mantis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderMantodea
  5. familyMantidae
  6. genusSphodromantis
  7. SpeciesSphodromantis viridis Forskål, 1775

Synonyms Gryllus viridis

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • African mantisEnglish
  • Giant African mantisEnglish
  • Cavall de Serp Gegant AfricàCatalan
  • kudlanka zelenáCzech
  • Afrikanische RiesengottesanbeterinGerman
  • Mantis AcorazadaSpanish
  • Mante africaine géanteFrench
  • גמל שלמה ירוקHebrew
  • egyiptomi imádkozó sáskaHungarian
  • Afrikinis maldininkasLithuanian
  • Modliszka krzewiastaPolish
  • Louva-a-deus-africanoPortuguese
  • Африканский древесный богомолRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bush mantis

Other species in the same genus Sphodromantis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the bush mantis an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bush mantis as introduced in 1 country: Cyprus, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the bush mantis?

The bush mantis (Sphodromantis viridis) belongs to the family Mantidae in the order Mantodea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bush mantis (Sphodromantis viridis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bush-mantis

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“Bush mantis (Sphodromantis viridis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bush-mantis.

BibTeX
@misc{bush_mantis_2026,
  title = {Bush mantis (Sphodromantis viridis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bush-mantis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}