Popa spurca

Popa spurca
	Popa spurca eating a mealworm; the AAA battery is shown for size comparison
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Deroplatyidae
Subfamily:	Popinae
Genus:	Popa
Species:	P. spurca
Binomial name
	Popa spurca; Stål, 1856

Popa spurca, also known as the African twig mantis,^[1] is a species of mantis native to Africa. It takes its common name from its resemblance to twig from a woody plant and grows up to 8 centimetres (3.1 in) long if female or 7 cm (2.8 in) long if male.^[2]^[3]

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^ [1] Archived 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Phasmids in Cyberspace
^ [2] African twig mantis (Popa spurca)
^ [3] Popa spurca - Tree of Life

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[1] [1] Archived 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Phasmids in Cyberspace

[2] [2] African twig mantis (Popa spurca)

[3] [3] Popa spurca - Tree of Life

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Popa spurca

Popa spurca eating a mealworm; the AAA battery is shown for size comparison
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Deroplatyidae
Subfamily:	Popinae
Genus:	Popa
Species:	P. spurca
Binomial name
*Popa spurca* Stål, 1856

Popa spurca

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