Hierodula patellifera

Giant Asian mantis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Mantidae
Genus:	Hierodula
Species:	H. patellifera
Binomial name
	Hierodula patellifera; Serville, 1839
Synonyms
	Hierodula bipapilla Serville, 1839; Hierodula daqingshanensis Wang, 1993; Hierodula dispar Kirby, 1900; Hierodula manillana Giglio-Tos, 1912; Hierodula manillensis Saussure, 1870; Hierodula multispina Wang, 1993; Hierodula raptoria Stal, 1877; Hierodula xishaensis Wang, 1993; Hierodula yunnanensis Wang, 1993;

Hierodula patellifera, commonly known as giant Asian mantis, Asian mantis, Indochina mantis and Harabiro Mantis, is a species of praying mantis in the family Mantidae. They are found in Malaysia, Hawaii, India, Nepal, Italy (San Paolo Solbrito), Indonesia (Java, West Sumba,), Korean Peninsula, Philippines, New Guinea, southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa). H. patellifera lives in trees and in grasslands at the edges of forests.