Hierodula transcaucasica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
![Hierodula transcaucasica: Female (N-Greece, Thessaly, SE of Mount Olympus, early August 2012) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/transcaucasica_im2012.jpg "Hierodula transcaucasica: Female (N-Greece, Thessaly, SE of Mount Olympus, early August 2012) [N]")
![Hierodula transcaucasica: Female (N-Greece, Thessaly, SE of Mount Olympus, early August 2012) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/transcaucasica_2im2012.jpg "Hierodula transcaucasica: Female (N-Greece, Thessaly, SE of Mount Olympus, early August 2012) [N]")
![Hierodula transcaucasica: Female larva (N-Greece, Thessaly, SE of Mount Olympus, late July 2011) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/transcaucasica_3im2011.jpg "Hierodula transcaucasica: Female larva (N-Greece, Thessaly, SE of Mount Olympus, late July 2011) [N]")
![Hierodula transcaucasica: Habitat S of Mount Olympus near the coast (N-Greece, late June 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/transcaucasica_h2013.jpg "Hierodula transcaucasica: Habitat S of Mount Olympus near the coast (N-Greece, late June 2013) [N]")
![Hierodula transcaucasica: Habitat S of Mount Olympus near the coast (N-Greece, late June 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/transcaucasica_2h2013.jpg "Hierodula transcaucasica: Habitat S of Mount Olympus near the coast (N-Greece, late June 2013) [N]")
Habitat:
Hierodula transcaucasica inhabits dry and warm herbaceous and scrubby areas.
Life cycle:
I recorded first adults together with larvae in N-Greece from late July/early August.
Remarks:
Hierodula transcaucasica occurs from the Caucasus region across Iran to Afghanistan. It has been introduced to some parts of S-Europe where it is spreading.
