Description
English: Empusa fasciata, female, Mount Carmel, Israel, May 3, 2011.
עברית: גמל-שלמה מקלי (סוסת-השד המצויה), נקבה, הכרמל, 3 במאי 2011.
Author Gideon Pisanty (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gidip) גדעון
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empusa_fasciata_female_1.jpg
Empusa fasciata is a species of praying mantis in the genus Empusa in the order Mantodea. The praying mantid Empusa fasciata has a tapering head with a miter-like helmet, oval compound eyes, slender raptorial forelegs and a long thin thorax. E. fasciata can be found from western Asia to the northeastern coast of Italy, and appears most commonly in the southern Balkans. Order: Mantodea, Family: Empusidae, Genus: Empusa, Species: Empusa fasciata. |
