![]() | Green Mallee Mantis Female, dorsal | Green Mallee Mantis Female, inside leg | ![]() | |||
Animals Plants Info |
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||||||||||||
Order: | Mantises (Mantodea) | |||||||||||||
Family: | Praying Mantis (Mantidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
Species: | Green Mallee Mantis (Trachymantis dentifrons)This Photo: | 🔍Female, profile🔎 | Thank you Matthew Connors for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Female, ~65mm long She didn't settle until we released her in the Melaleuca, then got some better shots; particularly of the blueness of the inside front legs. As well as the blue tinge on her back/front of her wings.
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