Mallee Grass Mantis
S1, Female Nymph, Forearm, profile
Mallee Grass Mantis
S5, Adult Female, wings
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| Mallee Grass Mantis S1, Female Nymph, Forearm, profile | | Mallee Grass Mantis S5, Adult Female, wings | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||||
| Order: | Mantises (Mantodea) | |||||||||||||||
| Family: | Praying Mantis (Mantidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||
| Species: | Mallee Grass Mantis (Archimantis sobrina)| This Photo: | S5, Adult Female, inner forearm | Other name: | Large Brown Mantid | Thank you Ethan Beaver for identifying and Matthew Connors & Mark Hura for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere Adult females have short/half length wings; while adult males have full length wings. The adult females we have measured are from ~85mm long (excluding cerci) to over 100mm!. Older nymphs have wing stubs which are similar to adult female short wings. But on comparison are obviously different. The white stripe down the back is diagnostic for this species; easy to spot in all but the adult male. These can be green or brown, colour is not diagnostic of species. It varies as camouflage in their local environment. When determining the gender of nymphs Honglei Chen said "Male nymphs have longer and thicker antennae."
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