Dictyoptera is an insect superorder that includes two extant orders of polyneopterous insects: the order Blattodea and the order Mantodea. All modern Dictyoptera have short ovipositors and typically l
Temnopteryx species Zebra Cockroach Uniondale South Africa 1435
Termite queen with soldiers
Deimatic behaviour of the mantis Oxyopsis sp.
Mantises are an order of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae. Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical h
Dictyoptera
…an insect superorder that includes two extant orders of polyneopterous insects: the order Blattodea (termites and cockroaches together) and the order Mantodea (mantises). All modern Dictyoptera have short ovipositors and typically lay oothecae. The oldest fossils of Dictyoptera from the Late Carboniferous…
Wing arrangement of a typical mantis, adult male Raptrix perspicua
The raptorial foreleg, showing the unusually long coxa, which, together with the trochanter, gives the impression of a femur. The femur itself is the proximal segment of the grasping part of the leg.