List with species of insects of Costa Rica considered bugs by local citizens, most of them with myths and legends asociated with common folclore. On exhibition in INBioparque, located in Santo Domingo of Heredia.
The Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) is species of praying mantis of the subfamily Stagmomantinae.
Mantidae is the largest family of the order Mantodea, commonly known as praying mantises; most are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family in the order, and many references still use the term "mantid" to refer to any mantis. Technically, however, "mantid" refers only to members of the Mantidae family, and not the 14 remaining families of mantises. Some of the ...more ↓