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title: "Mediterranean Mantis"
description: "Iris oratoria — Owady i pająki. Iris oratoria, known by the common name Mediterranean mantis (or less frequently iris mantis), due to humans first studying it in lands around the Mediterranean Sea, is a species of praying mantis."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/mediterranean-mantis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mediterranean Mantis

> Iris oratoria — Owady i pająki. Iris oratoria, known by the common name Mediterranean mantis (or less frequently iris mantis), due to humans first studying it in lands around the Mediterranean Sea, is a species of praying mantis.

- Scientific name: *Iris oratoria*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 13763
- Wikidata: [Q2708969](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2708969)
- iNaturalist taxon: [67437](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/67437)

## Names

- en: Mediterranean Mantis
- de: Mittelmeer-Gottesanbeterin
- es: Mantis Mediterránea
- fr: Mante ocellée

## Countries with the most observations

US (6595), ES (1853), FR (906), GR (892), PT (773), IT (545), MX (369), DZ (206), TR (178), IL (67), HR (51), MA (44)

## Summary

Iris oratoria, known by the common name Mediterranean mantis (or less frequently iris mantis), due to humans first studying it in lands around the Mediterranean Sea, is a species of praying mantis. Its range is expanding in the Middle East, Western Asia and the United States.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Julie Mount · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201032718

## Machine access

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