Rivetina balcanica Kaltenbach, 1963
![Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_2im2013.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]")
![Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_im2013.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]")
![Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_3im2013.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]")
![Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_4im2013.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]")
![Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_5im2013.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]")
![Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_6im2013.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]")
![Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_7im2013.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]")
![Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_8im2013.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]")
![Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_9im2013.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]")
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![Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_11im2013.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Female (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]")
![Rivetina balcanica: Male (Rhodes, Apolakkia, September 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_12im2013.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Male (Rhodes, Apolakkia, September 2013) [N]")
![Rivetina balcanica: Adult (Rhodes, Apolakkia, September 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_13im2013.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Adult (Rhodes, Apolakkia, September 2013) [N]")
![Rivetina balcanica: Adult (Rhodes, Apolakkia, September 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_14im2013.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Adult (Rhodes, Apolakkia, September 2013) [N]")
![Rivetina balcanica: Larva (N-Greece, Askio mountains N Kozani, July 2011) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_larva2011.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Larva (N-Greece, Askio mountains N Kozani, July 2011) [N]")
![Rivetina balcanica: Larva (Crete, early May 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_2larva2011.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Larva (Crete, early May 2013) [N]")
![Rivetina balcanica: Larva (Crete, early May 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_3larva2011.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Larva (Crete, early May 2013) [N]")
![Rivetina balcanica: Habitat (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_h2013.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Habitat (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]")
![Rivetina balcanica: Habitat (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]](bilder1/mantidae/balcanica_2h2013.jpg "Rivetina balcanica: Habitat (Rhodes, Lindos, September 2013) [N]")
Nutrition:
Predatory
Habitat:
Rivetina balcanica inhabits dry and hot localities of all kinds. It is especially common in garigues.
Life cycle:
The adults occur in summer and autumn. In very arid regions a part of the individuals probably die already in mid or late summer.
Remarks:
Rivetina balcanica occurs in Greece and Turkey. It is quite common in Rhodes.
