Creobroter gemmatus
| Creobroter gemmatus | |
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| Male Creobroter gemmatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Hymenopodidae |
| Genus: | Creobroter |
| Species: | C. gemmatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Creobroter gemmatus Saussure, 1869
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Creobroter gemmatus, common name jeweled flower mantis, is a species of praying mantis native to Asia.[citation needed]
Description
[edit]Males grow to about 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) and females are slightly larger. They prefer a humid environment and live about nine months in captivity. Females can be cannibalistic but males are fairly communal. Though infrequent, cannibalism among C. germmatus is nevertheless more common than among other flower mantises.[citation needed]
They moult 8 times to become an adult and can take between 2 and 5 months to mature depending on food and temperature. They are the smallest yet most widespread Creobroter species.[1][citation needed]
Each ootheca can contain up to 50 eggs, and under optimal conditions, the hatchlings will emerge after about 5 weeks.[2]