Green Mantid at Penrose, NSW
Identification history
| Orthodera ministralis | 22 Mar 2022 | RogerF | ||
| Orthodera ministralis | 22 Mar 2022 | Aussiegall |
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User's notes
I was actually taking photos of the skipper butterfly and didn't realise the mantis was there until I downloaded the photos and looked at them. It didn't catch this particular butterfly. I came back to the flower a minute later and spotted it eating another butterfly
1 comment
RogerF
wrote:
22 Mar 2022
Some insect predators and spiders habitually sit on flowers waiting to grab unsuspecting visitors. Tha mantid is obviously eyeing off a tasty morsel
Location information
- Coordinates 150.212082-34.681733
- Maps Penrose Wingecarribee Local Government Area
- Places Penrose, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Mar 2022 12:15 PM Recorded on
- Aussiegall Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Praying mantises (Mantodea) Aussiegall
Additional information
- Skipper Butterfly Associated Insect
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Orthodera ministralis Scientific name
- Green Mantid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1038m Recorded at altitude
- 203 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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