Tenodera australasiae

1 Purple-winged mantid at Penrose

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Identification history

Tenodera australasiae	15 Apr 2024	Curiosity
Austronecta australiensis	3 Mar 2020	Margot
Unidentified	3 Mar 2020	Emma.D

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User's notes

Stick or leaf insect?

3 comments

Margot wrote:

3 Mar 2020

Neither - it's a praying mantis! Did it have a green and white stripe down its side?

Emma.D wrote:

4 Mar 2020

Thanks Margot, this little guy was brown, not the bright green I would usually see on a praying mantis. Perhaps the drought made him turn brown, much like the leaves around here?

Curiosity wrote:

15 Apr 2024

Your detailed view of the head helped with the ID.

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Tenodera australasiae

Emma.D

Drysdalia coronoides

Emma.D

Location information

Coordinates 150.240293 -34.662536
Maps Wingecarribee Local Government Area Penrose
Places Penrose, NSW

Sighting information

1 - 3 Abundance
1 Feb 2020 03:51 PM Recorded on
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Species information

Tenodera australasiae Scientific name
Purple-winged mantid Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-Invasive
Up to 1003.3m Recorded at altitude
165 images trained Machine learning
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