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title: "Mante géante asiatique"
description: "Hierodula patellifera — Insectes et araignées. Hierodula patellifera, commonly known as giant Asian mantis, Asian mantis, or Indochina mantis, is a species of praying mantis in the family Mantidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/giant-asian-mantis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mante géante asiatique

> Hierodula patellifera — Insectes et araignées. Hierodula patellifera, commonly known as giant Asian mantis, Asian mantis, or Indochina mantis, is a species of praying mantis in the family Mantidae.

- Scientific name: *Hierodula patellifera*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt), `grassland` (Prairies et champs)
- iNaturalist observations: 20370
- Wikidata: [Q1063504](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1063504)
- iNaturalist taxon: [328037](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/328037)

## Names

- en: Giant Asian Mantis
- fr: Mante géante asiatique

## Countries with the most observations

TW (3213), HK (3077), JP (2872), CN (2236), KR (1620), US (817), ID (437), MO (277), TH (261), GU (252), IT (191), VN (96)

## Summary

Hierodula patellifera, commonly known as giant Asian mantis, Asian mantis, or Indochina mantis, is a species of praying mantis in the family Mantidae. They are found in Malaysia, Hawaii, India, Nepal, Italy (San Paolo Solbrito), Indonesia (Java, West Sumba,), Korean Peninsula, Philippines, New Guinea, southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa). H. patellifera lives in trees and in grasslands at the edges of forests.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierodula_patellifera

## Photo

![Mante géante asiatique](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-asian-mantis/medium.jpg)

Photo: Agnes Trekker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231387732

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/giant-asian-mantis?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).