# Mantodea

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## [About the Mantodea](https://reptilecommunity.com/t/about-the-mantodea/49)

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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”). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropic…