---
title: "Modliszka śródziemnomorska"
description: "Empusa pennata — Owady i pająki. Empusa pennata, or the conehead mantis, is a species of praying mantis in genus Empusa native to the Mediterranean Region."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/mediterranean-conehead-mantis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Modliszka śródziemnomorska

> Empusa pennata — Owady i pająki. 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` (Owady i pająki)
- 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

![Modliszka śródziemnomorska](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=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).