Green Mantid:

Class:

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

Order:

Mantises (Mantodea)

Family:

Praying Mantis (Mantidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Green Mantid (Orthodera marginata)

This Photo:

Thank you Matthew Connors for identifying and Ethan Beaver for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
We thought this was Orthodera gracilis, but Matthew said "Orthodera are an utter mess at the moment". He & Ethan Beaver, another expert who has helped us out tremendously, are working on a paper at the moment to try and resolve the genus.

This species is

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

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