Grass Mantid: S1, Female, dorsal

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Mantises (Mantodea)

Family:

Praying Mantis (Mantidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Grass Mantid (Rhodomantis disparilis)

This Photo:

S1, Female, dorsal

Synonym:

Rhodomantis pulchella

Thank you MrRHydon & Norbu (Nysfour) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Females have been measured at ~50mm, males ~40mm & the nymph ~30mm.
They have a dark red hind wing not visible in the photo's.
Males have nearly full length wings, whereas females have very short wings.
Note the colour under the thorax, a very smooth/plain chestnutty brown; compared with the dapled top.
We have photographed them in Dec (nymph), Feb, Mar, Apr & May.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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