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    The Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis) is a species of mantis native to Asia and the nearby islands. In 1896, this species was accidentally introduced...
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    Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids")...
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    because most oothecae sold in the United States belong to the non-native Chinese mantis. Adult females are 47 to 60 millimeters (2-2.5 inches) in length while...
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    Mantis (Chinese: 螳螂拳; pinyin: tánglángquán; lit. 'praying mantis fist') is a style of Chinese martial arts, sometimes called Shandong Praying Mantis after...
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    Southern Praying Mantis (Chinese: 南派螳螂) is a Chinese martial art originating with the Hakka people. It is most closely associated with Hakka-origin styles...
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    Tenodera aridifolia (category Insects of China)
    Tenodera aridifolia, the Japanese giant mantis, is a species of mantis in the subfamily Mantinae. The Chinese mantis, T. sinensis, was once considered to...
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    Mantis shrimp are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma) 'mouth' and ποδός (podós) 'foot'). Stomatopods...
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    Praying Mantis Northern Shaolin Pao Chui Piguaquan ("chop-hanging boxing") Pushing hands Sanda (Chinese kick-boxing) Shaolin kung fu Shuai jiao (Chinese wrestling)...
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    are completely patterned and brown. The Chinese mantis is thicker or more stocky than the narrow-winged mantis. It can be easy for a person to tell apart...
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    with ootheca Chinese mantis ootheca Sagittal section of mantis ootheca (Hierodula patellifera) already hatched out Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) ootheca...
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    sinensis (Saussure, 1871) (Chinese mantis) Tenodera stotzneri (Werner, 1929) Tenodera superstitiosa (Fabricius, 1781) List of mantis genera and species#Genus...
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    Among mantises, cannibalism by female Pseudomantis albofimbriata improves fecundity, overall growth, and body condition. A study on the Chinese mantis found...
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  • skilled warriors in China, they are homages to the Five Animals Southern styles of Chinese martial arts: crane, viper, monkey, mantis, and tiger. While...
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    The European mantis (Mantis religiosa) is a large hemimetabolic insect in the family of the Mantidae ('mantids'), which is the largest family of the order...
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  • nigricans Mantis beieri Mantis callifera Mantis carinata Mantis dilaticollis Mantis emortualis Mantis griveaudi Mantis insignis Mantis macroalata Mantis macrocephala...
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  • mantis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The praying mantis is any insect of the order Mantodea. Praying mantis may also refer to: Praying Mantis (1983...
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    there are five traditional animal styles known as Ng Ying Kung Fu (Chinese: 五形功夫) Chinese: 五形; pinyin: wǔ xíng; lit. 'Five Forms')—Tiger, Crane, Leopard,...
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  • Kung Fu Panda 2 (category CS1 uses Chinese-language script (zh))
    (Tigress, Monkey, Viper, Crane and Mantis) travel to Gongmen City to stop the evil peacock Lord Shen from conquering China, while also rediscovering Po's...
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    including: Tenodera aridifolia, Tenodera sinensis - Chinese mantis, Tenodera australasiae - purple-winged mantis, Tenodera superstitiosa found in Africa. Detailed...
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    adults of the introduced Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis). The Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis) will consume the larvae once the gut is removed...
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    other mantis and may rival the larger stick insects for the longest living insect. Among widespread mantis species, the largest is the Chinese mantis (Tenodera...
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    Pennsylvania firefly, five-lined skink, green darner, goldenrod spider, Chinese mantis, fiery searcher, and striped skunk. Not all individuals in some species...
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  • Kung Fu Panda 3 (category English-language Chinese films)
    Master Monkey, a golden snub-nosed monkey Seth Rogen as Master Mantis, a Chinese mantis David Cross as Master Crane, a red-crowned crane Lucy Liu as Master...
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  • The Thundering Mantis (Chinese: 癲螳螂) (Also known as Mantis Fist Fighter in USA) is a 1980 Hong Kong martial arts action film directed by Teddy Yip, starring...
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  • Dance of the Drunk Mantis (Chinese: 南北醉拳) is a 1979 Hong Kong kung fu comedy film directed by Yuen Siu-tien's real life son Yuen Woo-ping, and produced...
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  • Shaolin Mantis (Chinese: 螳螂; Jyutping: tong4 long4; lit. 'praying mantis'), also released as The Deadly Mantis, is a 1978 Shaw Brothers film directed by...
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  • Skunk Fu! (category Television series set in ancient China)
    Demoiselle crane who is the general town gossip. Mantis (voiced by Tony Acworth) is a green Chinese mantis who is the Valley's lookout bug. When he speaks...
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    Statilia maculata (category Insects of China)
    jumping mantis or "小蟷螂", ko-kamakiri (Japanese meaning "small mantis") or "좀사마귀", joem-sa-ma-gui (Korean meaning "small mantis"), is a species of mantis native...
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    in central China. Chinese martial arts being an important component of Chinese culture are also influence by the various religions in China. Many styles...
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  • A Chinese Odyssey Part Three is a 2016 Chinese-Hong Kong fantasy comedy drama film directed by Jeffrey Lau. It was released in China on September 14, 2016...
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