One-horned Grass Mantid
S2, Female, Head & Front Leg
One-horned Grass Mantid
S2, Female, Pronotum
| One-horned Grass Mantid S2, Female, Head & Front Leg | | One-horned Grass Mantid S2, Female, Pronotum | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Mantises (Mantodea) | ||||
| Family: | Bark Mantis (Amorphoscelidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | One-horned Grass Mantid (Glabromantis unicornis) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍S2, Female, Face🔎 | ||||
Thank you Matthew Connors for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 1st Live Photo on-line: Formerly Phthersigena sp. Female ~29mm Females have slightly reduced wings (shorter than body) and much smaller Ocellii compared to the males. Males are fully winged. We asked Matthew if the projections out the rear end of the female were eggs. He said "No that's a normal part of the end of the abdomen, the ventroterminal lobes. They're very obvious in this one though!". Matthew also said "Great photo of the little horn on the head!" | |||||
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