dead leaf mantis

{{Short description|Common name for several praying mantises}}

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Dead leaf mantis is a common name given to various species of praying mantis that mimic dead leaves. It is most often used in reference to species within genus Deroplatys because of their popularity as exotic pets. Examples include D. desiccata (giant dead leaf mantis), D. lobata (Southeast Asian dead leaf mantis), and D. philippinica (Philippines dead leaf mantis).[http://www.exotic-pets.co.uk/dead-leaf-mantis.html Dead Leaf Praying Mantis]{{Cite web |url=http://tolweb.org/Deroplatys/12588 |title=Web of Life |access-date=2008-07-20 |archive-date=2020-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921194802/http://tolweb.org/Deroplatys/12588 |url-status=dead }} Other species to which the term may apply include Acanthops falcataria (South American dead leaf mantis),[http://bugsincyberspace.com/mantis.html Praying Mantises, AKA Mantids (Order Dictyoptera)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721050100/http://bugsincyberspace.com/mantis.html |date=July 21, 2008 }} A. falcata (South American dead leaf mantis), and Phyllocrania paradoxa (more common known as the ghost mantis).[http://www.pawsforthoughtpetcentres.co.uk/mantid.html pawsforthoughtpetcentres.co.uk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608124447/http://www.pawsforthoughtpetcentres.co.uk/mantid.html |date=2008-06-08 }}{{Failed verification|date=October 2011}}[http://www.phasmidsincyberspace.com/PhyllocraniaParadoxa.html PhasmidsinCyberspace.com 2005] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608005324/http://www.phasmidsincyberspace.com/PhyllocraniaParadoxa.html |date=June 8, 2008 }}[http://www.prayingmantid.co.uk/portfolio24332.html PrayingMantid.co.uk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121125304/http://www.prayingmantid.co.uk/portfolio24332.html |date=November 21, 2008 }}[http://www.mantispets.com/advanced-mantis-care---species-specific.html mantispets.com 2012] File:Bristol.zoo.dead.leaf.mantis.arp.jpg photographed at Bristol Zoo in 2007]]