螳螂昆蟲主要的捕獵者。不論是在香港,或是其他地方,螳螂對控制害蟲數目都有大貢獻,而螳螂本身亦是其他食蟲動物的主要食物。香港現時有超過十個螳螂目物種

花螳科 Hymenopodidae

花螳亞科 Hymenopodinae

  • 雲眼斑螳 Creobroter nebulosa (Zheng, 1988)
  • 麗眼斑螳 Creobroter gemmatus Saussure, 1869
  • 中華大齒螳 Odontomantis sinensis (Giglio-Tos, 1915)
  • 大齒螳 Odontomantis planiceps Haan, 1842

姬螳亞科 Acromantinae

  • 大姬螳 Acromantis magna (Yang, 1996)

螳科 Mantidae

螳亞科 Mantinae

  • 薄翅螳 Mantis religiosa(Linnaeus, 1758)
  • 勇斧螳 Hierodula membranacea (Burmeister, 1838)
  • 廣斧螳 Hierodula patellifera (Serville, 1839)
  • 廣腹圓胸螳 Rhombodera valida (Burmeister, 1838)
  • 棕污斑螳 Statilia maculata Thunberg,1784
  • 枯葉大刀螳 Tenodera aridifolia (Stoll,1813)

虹翅螳亞科 Iridopteriginae

  • 南海透翅螳 Tropidomantis gressitti Tinkham, 1937
  • 頂瑕螳 Spilomantis occipitalis (Westwood, 1889)
  • 齒華螳 Sinomantis denticulata (Beier, 1933)

絲螳亞科 Caliridinae

  • 缺色小絲螳 Leptomantella albella (Burmeister, 1838)

此為前人誤判,香港所見並非此種。

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