Praying mantises (Mantodea)
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e0m
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Yesterday
Oh my, 2 largest species in the ACT, very cool observation. The second species is archimantis latistyla
Tenodera australasiae
AndyRoo
wrote:
3 Feb 2026
Thanks @Curiosity for your curiosity! Good to also have this resolved. I have another previous sighting (Tenodera australasiae) at this site yet to be resolved - interestingly Carbon AI has suggested Tenodera australasiae! Unfortunately the resolution of my pics is pretty crappy - they were cropped from my pics of the plant (Blue Devil) that was my focus at the time i.e. it was something that I noticed only when prepping the Blue Devil sighting for upload to CNM.
Tenodera australasiae
AndyRoo
wrote:
3 Feb 2026
Many thanks @Curiosity and @WendyEM. Good to have it resolved and also to learn more about IDing mantids.
Tenodera australasiae
Curiosity
wrote:
3 Feb 2026
@AndyRoo, using the new info given at your recent upload (7919488) I have had a second look at this sighting & have identified a purple-winged mantid.
Tenodera australasiae
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