📸 PhotoPhoto: Luc Viatour · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Orchid mantis
Hymenopus coronatus (Orchid mantis · ハナカマキリ)
Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A 7 cm female is slightly shorter than the long side of a credit card (8.56 cm), while a 2.5 cm male is almost equal to the diameter of a Korean 500-won coin (26.5 mm) (Comparison).
- 💡 Oakland Zoo in the United States features this species in the 'House of Bugs' at its Children's Zoo (Oakland Zoo).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The orchid mantis is a mantis living in Southeast Asian tropical forests that mimics an orchid flower to hide and catch insects that come near.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Females are large at 6–7 cm while males are tiny at about 2.5 cm, showing a striking size difference between the sexes.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It is a diurnal carnivore. Waiting in ambush with its orchid-like body, it snatches prey at lightning speed once it comes within reach.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List: not evaluated (NE) — cross-checked with the Wikidata conservation-status entry
- • catalogueoflife.org — 3NKX4
- • wikidata.org — Q137890
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Mantis Hymenopus coronatus 6 Luc Viatour (cropped).jpg
- • oaklandzoo.org — orchid-mantis
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Creobroter)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.