Leaf mantis (and leafy mantis) is a common name for certain praying mantises including:
- those often also called shield mantis, i.e. species within Choeradodis, Rhombodera, and similar genera
- Dead leaf mantis species such as those within genus Deroplatys
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Whilst summer lasts and I live here, Fidele,
Ill sweeten thy sad grave. Thou shalt not lack
The flower thats like thy face, pale primrose, nor
The azured harebell, like thy veins; no, nor
The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander,
Outsweetened not thy breath.”
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“The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole lurking behind it.”
—Chinese proverb.