Fun Fact Friday – Spiny Flower Mantis
- The Spiny Flower Mantis grows to 1.5 inches in size.
- A mature Spiny Flower Mantis has spiny structures on the underside of its abdomen.
- If needed, the Spiny Flower Mantis is capable of seizing and killing prey bigger than itself.
- The Spiny Flower Mantis diet consists of small pollinators, like flies and bees, over larger prey items.
- When threatened, the Spiny Flower Mantis attempts to discourage predators by opening and spreading its grandiose wings making itself appear prominently larger.
- A female Spiny Flower Mantis is capable of laying eggs almost three times its size.