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title: "Giant Asian Mantis"
description: "Hierodula patellifera — Insetti e ragni. 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/it/animal/giant-asian-mantis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Giant Asian Mantis

> Hierodula patellifera — Insetti e ragni. 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` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- 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

![Giant Asian Mantis](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=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).