District 1: "Its industry is making luxury items for the Capitol. Due to the nature of its industry, it's considered the wealthiest district, the only wealthier area being the Capitol itself." Therefore I choose Orchid mantis for district 1, since it seems to be the sought after mantis, one of the goals for every mantis enthusiast, and looking not unlike a gem itself.
District 2: "Manufactures weaponry and supplies Peacekeepers." Since District 2 is a fighting based district, I feel Polyspilota aeruginosa or Madagascan marbled mantis fits well, because of how aggressive they are.
District 3: Primary industry is electronics, though also known for various mechanical products like automobiles and firearms. This one is more difficult for me to think of an appropriate species, so I'll go by country of origin. Since China is a very production based country, I'll vote Tenodera sinensis (Chinese mantis).
District 4: Industry is fishing. For this district I chose a mantis that would be large enough to catch small fish, and one that lives in an area where they would have the opportunity to do so. I vote Hierodula majuscula, the giant rainforest mantis.
District 5: Supplies the power for all the other districts and the capitol. This one was also difficult because I cant think of a mantis that generates electricity
so I decided on a mantis that has the power to survive a harsh environment (little bit of a play on words but whatever.) Blepharopsis mendica, or thistle mantis, not only can survive but requires high heat and small amounts of misting to replicate its desert habitat.
District 6: Produces the majority of transportation for the rest of the districts. Of the mantids that I own, the one that does the most wandering is my Ghost mantis. She will walk from the end of the play area to the next multiple times before deciding on a perch to hang from. I vote Phylocrania paradoxa the ghost mantis.
District 7: Industry is lumber. Since this district provides wood, I decided on a mantis that spent a lot of its time blending in with trees, and even looks uncannily like a stick. Popa spurca, or African twig mantis.
District 8: Produces textiles. Material and clothing. So which mantis looks most like its dressed fancy? I think Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii, or spiny flower mantis, is a good match.
District 9: Industry is grain. The only mantis I think of when I see tall grass is Schizocephela bicornis. It grows tall and thin like grass, and even becomes the same golden colour in adulthood.
District 10: Livestock is district 10's industry. When I think livestock, I think farms. When I think farms, I think crops. When I think crops, I think pests. When I think pests, I think pest control. Mantis religiosa was brought into Canada in the early 1900s as pest control. Therefore I vote the European praying mantis, Mantis religiosa.
District 11: Industry is agriculture. In the books they talked about spending a lot of time in orchards collecting apples. Not sure why, but this makes me think of Tenodera precariousa, the Pink Panther mantis Precarious got from madagascar. Very pink, very pretty, looks like it would blend well with apples.
District 12: The main district focused on in the books, District 12's industry is coal. For this district I thought of a mantid that is the same colour as coal, Black. The most recent and most intriguing mantis I've seen recently that is that colour would be Petoly's Metalyticus violaceus.
So those are my votes.
