1 Purple-winged mantid at Undefined Area
Identification history
| Tenodera australasiae | 15 Apr 2024 | Curiosity | ||
| Austronecta australiensis | 3 Mar 2020 | Margot | ||
| Unverified | 3 Mar 2020 | Emma.D |
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User's notes
Stick or leaf insect?
3 comments
Margot
wrote:
3 Mar 2020
Neither - it's a praying mantis! Did it have a green and white stripe down its side?
Emma.D
wrote:
4 Mar 2020
Thanks Margot, this little guy was brown, not the bright green I would usually see on a praying mantis. Perhaps the drought made him turn brown, much like the leaves around here?
Location information
- Coordinates 150.240293-34.662536
- Places Penrose, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 1 Feb 2020 03:51 PM Recorded on
- Emma.D Recorded by
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Collections
Emma.D Southern Highlands NatureMapr Tenodera australasiae Praying mantises (Mantodea) Insects
Species information
- Tenodera australasiae Scientific name
- Purple-winged mantid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1003.3m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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