Insect Badge Theopropus elegans

Theopropus elegans They mostly inhabit shrubs or branches with high temperature and humidity, and prey on small arthropods. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and other places in China.

As an incomplete metamorphosis insect, it passes through three stages in its life: egg, nymph and adult. The nymph and adult are basically the same in appearance, but the difference is that the adult has more wings after emergence.


The top of the head protrudes, and the oval compound eyes protrude from the head, like a "crown" on the head. The body color is mainly emerald green. The chest back plate, capture foot, walking foot and abdominal side are mixed with regularly distributed brown, black and white patterns. There are white or beige irregular circles near the chest on the front wing, and there is an arc pattern of the same color at the back, which is also the source of its name.

Theopropus elegans is a species with weak force value among mantis, so it can only rely on "deceiving and abducting" to make the enemy retreat without fighting. When faced with danger, they will "hold their heads up", hold up a pair of catching feet, and reveal the huge arc markings in their front wings. At this time, the smaller and weaker natural enemies see the arc markings, think they have met a huge object and run away. If the opponent is too strong to be scared, Theopropus eleganshas another way, that is to run away.

Mantis is one of the top predators in the insect world, and has its own secret of success. First of all, they are one of the species with the most developed compound eyes among insects. Good eyesight means better perception. Secondly, the mantis has the most efficient capture foot in the insect world, that is, the pair of sickle-like feet with the front chest, and the "blade" of the "sickle" is densely covered with a row of spikes, making the prey "locked" and unable to escape. Finally, most of the mantis are green and grass yellow, and some of the mantis' simulated petals are pink or light yellow. These colors can make them well integrate into the local environment to kill enemies secretly.

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