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Popa spurca
Popa spurca eating a mealworm; the AAA battery is shown for size comparison
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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, 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.

See also

• List of mantis genera and species
• African mantis
• Stick mantis

References

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

Media related to Popa spurca at Wikimedia Commons

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