Mallee Grass Mantid
S1, Female Nymph, ventral, abdomen
Dryland Mantid
S2, Male Adult, dorsal
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| Mallee Grass Mantid S1, Female Nymph, ventral, abdomen | | Dryland Mantid S2, Male Adult, dorsal | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||||
| Order: | Mantises (Mantodea) | |||||||||||||||
| Family: | Praying Mantis (Mantidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||
| Species: | Mallee Grass Mantid (Archimantis sobrina)| This Photo: | S1, Female Nymph, ventral | Other names: | Large Brown Mantid or Mallee Grass Mantis | Thank you Ethan Beaver for identifying and Matthew Connors (Matthew_Connors) & Mark Hura (Rhytiphora) 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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