Gambian spotted-eye flower mantis (Pseudoharpax virescens) Female.
Date 30 April 2009
Author Happy1892 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Happy1892
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2196020_orig.jpg
Gambian spotted-eye flower mantis (Pseudoharpax virescens) is a species of praying mantis native to Western, Central and Eastern Africa. It takes its name from two eye spots on the dorsal side of the abdomen of adult females. Pseudoharpax virescens mimic flowers. They are mostly white with green wings and have pointy eyes.
Order: Mantodea
Family: Hymenopodidae
Subfamily: Hymenopodinae
Tribe: Hymenopodini
Genus: Pseudoharpax
Species: Pseudoharpax virescens Serville, 1839
