The wings are attractively reticulated, and the veins may be mottled dark and pale.

The pronotum is depressed, with its sides more or less parallel, and only a weak supra-coxal bulge is present.

[3] The anterior tibia are flattened and greatly expanded longitudinally, and the tibial claw does not fit into a pit between the 1st and 2nd external spines of the anterior femora, as in a few mantis groups.

[3] These mantises are ambush predators and many species are cryptically coloured to blend in with their surroundings.

Some have brightly coloured undersides which are displayed to startle and drive off assailants.