Mantis octospilota

Mantis octospilota, common name eight-spotted mantis or blackbarred mantis, is a species of praying mantis found in Australia.^[1] As its common name suggests, it is primarily identified by the eight black spots along the dorsal surface of its abdomen.

Mantis octospilota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Mantidae
Genus:	Mantis
Species:	M. octospilota
Binomial name
Mantis octospilota Westwood, 1889

See also

• List of mantis genera and species