Unicorn mantis is the common name for several species of praying mantis across different genera with horn-like protrusions on their heads including:
- Phthersigena unicornis (Timor unicorn mantis)
- Phyllovates chlorophaea (Texas unicorn mantis, Mexican unicorn mantis)
- Pseudovates arizonae (Arizona unicorn mantis)
- Zoolea sp. (Paraguay unicorn mantis, etc.)
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“The Unicorn looked dreamily at Alice, and said “Talk, child.”
Alice could not help her lips curling up into a smile as she began: “Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters, too? I never saw one alive before!”
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—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)
“The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole lurking behind it.”
—Chinese proverb.