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Transcaucasian mantis

Hierodula transcaucasica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

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The transcaucasian mantis (Hierodula transcaucasica) is a species in the family Mantidae, order Mantodea.

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Quick facts about the transcaucasian mantis

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

Where does the transcaucasian mantis live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. Georgia

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 transcaucasian 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 transcaucasian mantis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderMantodea
  5. familyMantidae
  6. genusHierodula
  7. SpeciesHierodula transcaucasica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Transcaucasian giant mantisEnglish
  • kudlanka zakavkazskáCzech
  • Ασιατικός ΜάντηςGreek
  • Mante transcaucasienneFrench
  • óriás ázsiai imádkozó sáskaHungarian
  • Mantide gigante transcaucasicaItalian
  • Закавказский древесный богомолRussian
  • Transkafkasya Peygamber DevesiTurkish
  • Деревний богомол закавказькийUkrainian
  • Hiérodule de TranscaucasieFrench

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Relatives of the transcaucasian mantis

Other species in the same genus Hierodula.

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Common questions

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Is the transcaucasian mantis an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the transcaucasian mantis?

The transcaucasian mantis (Hierodula transcaucasica) belongs to the family Mantidae in the order Mantodea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Transcaucasian mantis (Hierodula transcaucasica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/transcaucasian-mantis

MLA

“Transcaucasian mantis (Hierodula transcaucasica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/transcaucasian-mantis.

BibTeX
@misc{transcaucasian_mantis_2026,
  title = {Transcaucasian mantis (Hierodula transcaucasica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/transcaucasian-mantis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}