Characterized by extremely slender limbs with large appendages, it is not a particularly aggressive species[citation needed] and often kept as a pet.

The mantis is especially known for swaying its body back and forth to imitate a stick flowing in the wind.

They are a communal species, in that they are able to live and breed in large groups, without unnecessary cannibalism.

[citation needed] Its specific name gongylodes means "roundish" in Greek,[2] from the same word as its generic epithet Gongylus.

They are found in India, Java, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.