Australian Green Mantid
Nymph S4, Wing Stubs
Grass Mantid
S1, Female, dorsal
| Australian Green Mantid Nymph S4, Wing Stubs | | Grass Mantid S1, Female, dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Mantises (Mantodea) | ||||
| Family: | Praying Mantis (Mantidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Australian Green Mantid (Orthodera ministralis) | ||||
| This Photo: | Nymph S1, Inside Front Leg | ||||
| Other name: | Garden Mantid | ||||
Thank you Matthew Connors & CesDaMess for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Riverland and elsewhere The nymph we found at Ellura (S4) was ~33mm long, the adult in the Adelaide (S3) Hills only ~35mm, so the nymph was close to adult size. Matthew Connors said "You can sex any mantis of any age by counting the segments on the underside of the abdomen - males have 8 and females have 6 (can sometimes look like 7)" | |||||
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