---
title: "Mediterranean Conehead Mantis"
description: "Empusa pennata — Insetti e ragni. Empusa pennata, or the conehead mantis, is a species of praying mantis in genus Empusa native to the Mediterranean Region."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/mediterranean-conehead-mantis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mediterranean Conehead Mantis

> Empusa pennata — Insetti e ragni. Empusa pennata, or the conehead mantis, is a species of praying mantis in genus Empusa native to the Mediterranean Region.

- Scientific name: *Empusa pennata*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9511
- Wikidata: [Q135372](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135372)
- iNaturalist taxon: [55122](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55122)

## Names

- en: Mediterranean Conehead Mantis
- de: Haubenfangschrecke
- es: Mantis palo
- fr: Empuse commune
- pl: Modliszka śródziemnomorska

## Countries with the most observations

FR (3668), ES (3255), PT (1334), IT (716), DZ (121), MA (49), TN (10)

## Summary

Empusa pennata, or the conehead mantis, is a species of praying mantis in genus Empusa native to the Mediterranean Region. It can be found in Portugal, Spain, southern France, Italy and on the mediterranean coasts of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Turkey and Egypt. Because of its cryptic nature, or also possibly because of its fragmented, low-density populations, it is rarely encountered in the wild.

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

## Photo

![Mediterranean Conehead Mantis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mediterranean-conehead-mantis/medium.jpg)

Photo: ikernf · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4787344

## Machine access

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