orchid mantis

Bosnian translation: bogomoljka \"orhideja\" / orhidejna bogomoljka

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English term or phrase:orchid mantis
Bosnian translation:bogomoljka \"orhideja\" / orhidejna bogomoljka
Entered by: Mediha Dervisic

00:13 Dec 12, 2011
English to Bosnian translations [PRO]
Science - Livestock / Animal Husbandry
English term or phrase: orchid mantis
An orchid mantis lies in wait to catch other insects.
Mediha Dervisic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 23:26
bogomoljka "orhideja" / orhidejna bogomoljka
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prijedlog .. upućenost na orhideju je zbog oblika i boje insekta

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4 +1bogomoljka – hymenopus coronatus
Goran Stankovic
3 +1bogomoljka "orhideja" / orhidejna bogomoljka
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Hymenopus coronatus
Vesna Maširević

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bogomoljka – hymenopus coronatus


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Bogomoljka – Hymenopus Coronatus
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17 мај 2011 – Ova bogomoljka živi na Tajlandu i Maleziji. Prikrivena je kao orhideja i na taj način lovi insekte. [Slika: bogomoljka01.jpg] ...

Goran Stankovic
Serbia
Local time: 23:26
Native speaker of: Serbian

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agree  Veronica Prpic Uhing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymenopus_coronatus
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bogomoljka "orhideja" / orhidejna bogomoljka


Explanation:

prijedlog .. upućenost na orhideju je zbog oblika i boje insekta



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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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agree  Mira Stepanovic: http://www.index.hr/forum/38/kucni-ljubimci/tema/41764/klub-... dijele se na obične i cvijetne bogomoljke. mislim da se uzgajaju i tropske vrste (male orhidejine bogomoljke ili nešto..)
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Reference comments


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Reference: Hymenopus coronatus

Reference information:
http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogomoljke
Bogomoljke (Mantodea) su red velikih grabežljivih kukaca podrazreda krilaša koji prednji par nogu drže uzdignute na način što podsjeća na sklopljene ruke pri molitvi, pa su po tome nazvani.
Poznato je oko 2200 vrsta. Iz porodice bogomoljke (Mantidae) u Hrvatskoj žive vrste: obična bogomoljka (Mantis religiosa) i đavolji cvijet (Idolum diabolicum). Iz porodice Empusidae u južnoj su Europi poznate vrste rodova Gongylus i Empusa. Porodica Hymenopodidae je rasprostranjena po cijelom svijetu osim Australije, porodica Metallyticidae uglavnom po jugoistočnoj Aziji.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymenopus_coronatus
Hymenopus coronatus (known by a variety of common names including Malaysian orchid mantis, Malaysian orchid praying mantis, pink orchid mantis and orchid mantis) is a mantis from Malaysia, Indonesian, and Sumatran rain forests.
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Hymenopodidae
Genus: Hymenopus
Species: H. coronatus

Vesna Maširević
Serbia
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
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