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 (Malaysian Dead Leaf Mantis), and D. philippinica (Philippines Dead Leaf Mantis). Other species to which the term may apply include Acanthops falcataria (South American Dead Leaf Mantis), A. falcata (South American Dead Leaf Mantis), and Phyllocrania paradoxa (more common known as the Ghost Mantis).
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“The dead level of provincial existence.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)
“Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaf and blood at the root
Black bodies swingin’ in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin’ in the poplar trees.”
—Billie Holiday [Eleanor Fagan] (1915–1959)
“The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole lurking behind it.”
—Chinese proverb.